Donald Trump's new ambassador in Berlin: Who is Richard Grenell?
US President Donald Trump intends to nominate former UN spokesman Richard Grenell as his country’s ambassador to Germany, the White House has said. DW looks at what the choice could mean for Berlin-Washington relations.
USA Richard Grenell (Imago/ZUMA Press)
The United States Embassy in Berlin stands in a prime location just next to the Brandenburg Gate, reflecting the country's role as one of the four powers considered to have liberated Germany at the end of World War II. Security guards are ever-present at the building's entrance, yet since John B. Emerson departed in January 2017, a new US ambassador to Germany has been missing.
That appears set to change. The White House said on Friday that US President Donald Trump would nominate Richard "Ric" Grenell, a 50-year-old former Bush administration diplomatic aide and frequent commentator on the conservative news broadcaster Fox News,to the post. Grenell met with Trump on July 12 at the White House.
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Grenell has been with Dubya, Romney, perhaps he can become known as something else besides "that gay guy", I think Romney let him go or Grenell stepped down in in 2012 because of pressure from what may have been "evangelistic" types.
