Trump turfs Kimberly Guilfoyle from ambassador role over alleged financial scandals

In her brief, shaky debut, Donald Trump's new press secretary broke the news. We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign. Kimberly Guilfoyle, the embattled U.S. ambassador to Greece, plagued by a slew of mounting scandals, allegations of volatile behavior, threatening to undermine Greek democracy and improperly involving lobbyists in diplomatic meetings. She thought she was playing me. Well, she found out different. And then there's the Republican donor who accused Guilfoyle of demanding he pay her $100,000 credit card bill to grease the administration's wheels for him. That was unethical as hell. And she knew it because she wanted to cover it up. In her resignation post, Guilfoyle said, these allegations are false and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation and my integrity. Trump was quick to distance himself from the outgoing ambassador. No, she wasn't a member of my family. She, I guess, dated my son a long time ago. In fact, The best is yet to come. Guilfoyle was a prominent figure in Trump world, engaged to Donald Trump Jr. in 2020, but the two split in 2024. A short while later, Trump handed her the ambassadorship. And so it seems in many ways that this was sort of a form of consolation alimony by sending her to Greece, and also a really convenient way to get an ex-fiancé out of the way. This professor who studies corruption says it's likely the scandals got too big to ignore. But Guilfoyle's gender may have also played a role. We've seen a number of people in Trump inner circle, particularly former cabinet members, all women who have been fired when many of their male counterparts with equally or worse allegations have not. Whatever the reason. I'm afraid here you had a combination of impropriety and unpreparedness. This moment, a first for American diplomacy. I can't recall a single precedent where an American ambassador politically appointed or a career foreign service or civil service was publicly asked to resign by a U.S. president. Guilfoyle is out of a job, but she may still have to answer to the allegations in any State Department or congressional investigation. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Washington.