The Downfall of Trump’s Ambassador to Greece, and the Pope’s Cancer Diagnosis

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, was effectively fired yesterday when White House press secretary Katie Zachariah announced during her debut briefing that President Trump had asked for Guilfoyle's resignation. The move caps a rapid fall from grace for the former Fox News host and one-time fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., who had only been in the role since early this year.

The administration's stated reason was a series of damaging reports, most notably from the Wall Street Journal, which revealed that Guilfoyle had asked a Republican donor to pay off her $100,000 credit card bill last summer, just before her Senate confirmation. According to text messages reviewed by the New York Times, Guilfoyle wrote to the donor, "Honey, please, I need you to get this done for me today," and promised she would serve as his "ride or die in Trump world" if he sent the money. The Journal also reported on potential conflicts of interest involving energy deals. President Trump said yesterday that "she was doing a good job, but we didn't like what we were reading," and tried to downplay their connection, insisting "she wasn't a member of my family" despite having nominated her as one of his first ambassadors and her previous engagement to his son.