The three names for Secretary of State / Richard Grenell is also on Trump's list

2024-11-07 19:32:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

The three names for Secretary of State / Richard Grenell is also on Trump's

Donald Trump and Richard Grenell

The international media have written about the names that the newly elected President of the USA, Donald Trump, has identified for the position of Secretary of State.

Among the 3 names that are floating around in the media is that of his former director of National Intelligence, Richard Grenell.

Grenell is joined on the list by Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

Rubio is a foreign policy hawk and was an early supporter of military aid to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. However, he voted against a $95 billion foreign aid bill in April, which included about $60 billion for Kiev, and declared on Wednesday that the conflict had reached an "impasse" and "a conclusion must be reached."

Marco Rubio

Hagerty served as Trump's ambassador to Japan before his election to the Senate in 2020. Like Rubio, he voted against the aid bill in April, arguing that he would not send money overseas until the US-Mexico border was secured .

Both Rubio and Hagerty are considered hardliners on China, with Hagerty supporting sanctions on Chinese communications and electronics firms and declaring Beijing a "danger" to "the United States and the rest of the world."

Bill Hagerty

In turn, Grenell, in addition to a brief stint as acting director of National Intelligence in 2020, served as Trump's ambassador to Germany. He is considered a close ally of the newly elected president.

Grenell accompanied Trump to a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in September, and according to the Wall Street Journal, is likely to support ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict as soon as possible, even if doing so would to force Kiev to make "important releases".

Richard Grenell

Grenell has also been named as the front-runner for National Security Adviser, the Wall Street Journal noted.

According to Politico, Trump's team began checking resumes and contacting candidates on Wednesday. However, Trump has yet to comment publicly on the potential makeup of his cabinet, and his campaign surrogates remained silent when approached by the news site./ CNA