Richard Grenell, who is the first openly gay Trump appointee, faced opposition from Democrats over controversial remarksThe US Senate confirmed Richard Grenell, a former United Nations spokesperson and Fox News contributor, as Donald Trump’s ambassador to Germany. He previously served under former UN ambassador John Bolton, who was recently named the president’s national security adviser. Democrats in the Senate held up Grenell’s nomination for months, criticizing his prior comments as “misogynistic” and “incendiary”. I think we can be confident that [Grenell] can communicate Trump’s position to the Germans. “Given the trouble that German politicians have had gaining some kind of inroad to Trump’s inner circle, that has to be an advantage.”

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2018 19:30 UTC