Trump makes his son's ex-fiancée ambassador to Greece

President Trump nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former San Francisco prosecutor and Fox News host, as U.S. ambassador to Greece in December 2024. Guilfoyle had been national chair of the Trump Victory finance committee for his 2020 reelection campaign, whose bundling operation brought in tens of millions of dollars, and had been engaged to Donald Trump Jr. until 2024. She testified at her confirmation hearing on July 9, 2025, and the Senate confirmed her on September 18, 2025. In the months before her confirmation, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Guilfoyle offered to help Eric Deters, a Kentucky donor, get the new administration's attention on a tax dispute and a Justice Department matter. Deters had paid her $300,000 in speaking fees since 2020, had paid Donald Trump Jr. $200,000 and Eric Trump $100,000 to speak at the same event, and had promised her as much as $1 million if she succeeded. In June 2025 she sent his letter about the tax dispute to newly confirmed IRS Commissioner Billy Long, writing, "Don Jr. and I are very close with Eric Deters and his wife," and later told Deters that Long had written back. On July 3, 2025, six days before her hearing, she sent Deters instructions to wire $100,000 to her American Express account, writing, "It won't show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express." When he declined, she replied, "You could be here meeting with Billy Long." Deters did not pay and said he never received a favor. Guilfoyle had repeatedly told him not to put payments in writing, and at her request he drafted a June 2025 letter saying his consulting company owed her $50,000 "before your new position." Her lawyer said she disputes the authenticity of the messages without giving specifics, and that she was owed money for earlier speaking appearances, which Deters denies. A U.S. Embassy official said she was fully vetted and confirmed by the Senate.