"New and unattributed reporting from The Daily Mail is fueling speculation that "special envoy" and acting Kennedy Center president Ric Grenell is on his way out of the Trump administration. According to multiple sources, the longtime gay White House official has alienated so many members of the administration that his continued service in that role has become untenable. Grenell, described by two former colleagues as "a ruthlessly ambitious ass**le,""
"In July, Grenell earned contempt from Rubio and others in the administration who said his "freelancing" as special envoy damaged U.S. diplomatic negotiations to swap out Americans held in Venezuela for purported Venezuelan gang members detained in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. Soon after, Grenell was frozen out of the administration's most high-level and sensitive foreign policy decisions, according to four diplomatic sources who've worked"
Ric Grenell has alienated many administration members and faces speculation that his role is untenable. He was the first out gay member of the Trump administration, served as ambassador to Germany and later as acting Director of National Intelligence during the final days of Trump's first term. He was appointed special presidential envoy for special missions early in Trump's second term. He allegedly sought higher offices, including Secretary of State and vice president, and reportedly paid conservative influencers to promote him. In July his freelancing as special envoy reportedly damaged negotiations over prisoner swaps, and he was subsequently frozen out of high-level foreign policy decisions.
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