'Let's see what happens': Trump picks ex-State Dept. spokeswoman Ortagus for deputy Mideast envoy
2025-01-04
Category: politics

President-elect Donald Trump announced via Truth Social his former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus will serve as Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace. In a post Friday afternoon, Trump announced Ortagus will work under Steven Witkoff,&nbsp;a New York real estate tycoon selected for Middle East envoy in November. "Morgan fought me for three years, but hopefully has learned her lesson," Trump wrote in the post. "These things usually don’t work out, but she has strong Republican support, and I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing it for them. Let’s see what happens."  TRUMP'S PICKS SO FAR: HERE'S WHO WILL BE ADVISING THE NEW PRESIDENT He added she will "hopefully" be an asset to Witkoff. "We seek to bring calm and prosperity to a very troubled region," Trump wrote. "I expect great results, and soon!" FORMER GEORGIA SENATOR KELLY LOEFFLER TO SERVE ON TRUMP'S INAUGURAL COMMITTEE  Ortagus, an active U.S. Navy Reserve intelligence officer, served as spokesperson at the Department of State from 2019 to 2021, where she was a member of Trump's Abraham Accords team.&nbsp; THESE ARE THE TOP NAMES IN CONTENTION FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY UNDER TRUMP Previously, she worked at the Department of the Treasury as a financial intelligence analyst and served as Deputy U.S. Treasury Attaché to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2010 to 2011.  CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP She is also the founder of Polaris National Security and the host of "The Morgan Ortagus Show" on Sirius XM.