Kimberly Guilfoyle sends fawning message to Trump after being confirmed as Greece ambassador
WASHINGTON, DC: Kimberly Guilfoyle, former Fox News host and ex-fiancee of Donald Trump Jr, has been confirmed as the next US ambassador to Greece.
The Senate approved her nomination on Thursday, September 18, after Republicans pushed through a rules change to fast-track dozens of Trump appointees. Guilfoyle, 56, becomes the first woman to serve as America’s top envoy to Athens.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle secures ambassadorship to Greece
Guilfoyle’s confirmation was part of a larger package of 48 Trump nominees. Others approved included Christine Toretti as ambassador to Sweden and Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, as ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
In a celebratory post on social media, Guilfoyle praised the president and GOP lawmakers for backing her nomination:
I am profoundly grateful to President Trump and the U.S. Senate for their trust and confidence in me. It is the honor of my life to serve as the first female Ambassador of the United States to Greece. https://t.co/2iJtWmI3uC
— Kimberly Guilfoyle (@kimguilfoyle) September 18, 2025
“I am profoundly grateful to President Trump and the US Senate for their trust and confidence in me. It is the honor of my life to serve as the first female Ambassador of the United States to Greece.”
Trump family drama lingers
Guilfoyle’s personal life has remained under scrutiny throughout her confirmation process. Reports surfaced in December that she and Donald Trump Jr. had quietly split after his relationship with Bettina Anderson became public.
According to reports, Trump Jr had been seeing Anderson for months while Guilfoyle “looked the other way.”
Despite the breakup, Don Jr’s 16-year-old son, Donald Trump III, appeared at her July confirmation hearing to support her. Guilfoyle acknowledged him during her testimony, saying: “I would like to thank my closest family and friends for their support, their encouragement throughout this process. I would like to offer special thanks and love to my son, Ronan, my brother Tony Guilfoyle, and to Donnie Trump for their steadfast support.”
Kimberly Guilfoyle's past remarks about Greece resurface
While her appointment marks a historic milestone, Guilfoyle’s past commentary about Greece could complicate her new role. In a 2015 episode of Fox News’ 'The Five', she criticized Greek citizens amid the country’s debt crisis, calling them “freeloaders” and urging them to “suck it up” and work more.
“Get up in the morning. Go to work. You guys are retiring too early. And that’s part of the problem,” she said at the time. She also dismissed the country’s cultural exports: “It doesn’t matter if you made great yogurt. I don’t care.”
When the Greek public voted down a bailout offer from European creditors in a July 2015 referendum, Kimberly Guilfoyle called them "freeloaders" who need to "suck it up" and stop "retiring too early." She also suggested they should be punished like a dog who pees on the rug.
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Comparing Greece’s financial troubles to disciplining a pet, she added: “You have, like, politicians making out-of-control promises, buying votes with entitlements that they can’t support. Nobody is punishing them, like you do when a dog pees on the rug. Like, train it.”
Now, as the official US representative in Athens, Guilfoyle faces the task of building diplomatic bridges in a country where her earlier remarks may not be easily forgotten.
