President-elect Donald Trump announced via Truth Social his former State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus will serve as Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace.
In an announcement Friday afternoon, Trump announced that Ortagus will be operating below Steven WitkoffNew York real estate tycoon selected as Middle East envoy in November.
“Morgan fought me for three years, but I hope she learned her lesson” Trump wrote in the post. “These things don’t usually work, but she has strong Republican support, and I’m not doing this for myself, I’m doing it for them. Let’s see what happens.”
Morgan Ortagus was selected as the deputy envoy for the Middle East on Friday afternoon. (Fox News)
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He added that she will “hopefully” be an asset to Witkoff.
“We strive to bring peace and prosperity a very troubled region,” Trump wrote. “I expect great results, and soon!”
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President-elect Donald Trump tapped former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus to be his deputy Middle East envoy on Friday afternoon. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Ortagus, active US Navy A reserve intelligence officer, she was a spokeswoman at the State Department from 2019 to 2021, where she was a member of Trump’s Abraham Accords team.
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She previously worked at the Treasury Department as a Financial Intelligence Analyst and was the US Deputy Financial Attaché in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2010 to 2011.
Morgan Ortagus, a former State Department spokesman, was selected Friday afternoon as the deputy Middle East envoy.
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She is also the founder of Polaris National Security and host of “The Morgan Ortagus Show” on Sirius XM.
