President-elect Donald Trump introduced by way of Truth Social his former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus will function Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace.
In a submit Friday afternoon, Trump introduced Ortagus will work below Steven Witkoff, a New York actual property tycoon chosen for Middle East envoy in November.
“Morgan fought me for 3 years, however hopefully has realized her lesson,” Trump wrote in the post. “These issues often don’t work out, however she has sturdy Republican help, and I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing it for them. Let’s see what occurs.”
Morgan Ortagus was chosen Friday afternoon to function deputy Mideast envoy. (Fox News)
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He added she is going to “hopefully” be an asset to Witkoff.
“We search to carry calm and prosperity to a very troubled region,” Trump wrote. “I anticipate nice outcomes, and shortly!”
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President-elect Donald Trump picked former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus to function deputy Mideast envoy Friday afternoon. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Ortagus, an lively U.S. Navy Reserve intelligence officer, served as spokesperson on the Department of State from 2019 to 2021, the place she was a member of Trump’s Abraham Accords group.
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Previously, she labored on the Department of the Treasury as a monetary intelligence analyst and served as Deputy U.S. Treasury Attaché to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2010 to 2011.
Morgan Ortagus, a former State Department spokesperson, was chosen Friday afternoon to function deputy Mideast envoy.
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She can be the founding father of Polaris National Security and the host of “The Morgan Ortagus Show” on Sirius XM.
