President-elect Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that former State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus will serve as the Vice President’s Special Envoy for Middle East Peace.
In a post Friday afternoon, President Trump announced that Ortagus would work for New York real estate mogul Stephen Witkoff, who was chosen as special envoy to the Middle East in November.
“Morgan fought me for 3 years and I hope he learns his lesson,” Trump wrote in the post. “These things usually don’t work out, but she has strong Republican support. I’m not doing it for myself, I’m doing it for them. We’ll see what happens. Sho.”
Morgan Ortagus was elected deputy special envoy to the Middle East on Friday afternoon. (Fox News)
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He added that he “hopes she will be an asset” to Witkoff.
“We aim to bring peace and prosperity to a deeply troubled region,” Trump wrote. “We look forward to seeing great results soon!”
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President-elect Donald Trump named former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus as his deputy special envoy for the Middle East on Friday afternoon. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Mr. Ortagus, an active-duty U.S. Navy Reserve intelligence officer, served as press secretary at the State Department from 2019 to 2021 and was a member of Mr. Trump’s Abraham Accords team.
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Previously, he worked as a financial intelligence analyst at the Department of the Treasury and served as Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2010 to 2011.
Former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus was selected Friday afternoon as deputy special envoy to the Middle East.
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She is also the founder of Polaris National Security and host of Sirius XM’s “The Morgan Ortagus Show.”
Alexandra Koch is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox News, Alexandra covered breaking news, crime, religion and military in the Southeast.
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