US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell as Presidential Envoy for Special Envoy.
“I am pleased to announce that Richard Grenell will serve as the President's Envoy for Special Envoy,“ Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. He added that Grenell will have to “work in the hottest spots in the world“, including Venezuela and North Korea.
Trump is confident that his envoy “will continue to fight for peace through strength and will always put America first.”
Grenell served as the US ambassador to Germany. He was also Washington's special representative for peace talks between Serbia and Kosovo.
According to Reuters, Grenell has developed one of three plans for resolving the conflict in Ukraine that Trump is currently studying. The content of this project is not specified, but previously the former acting The head of national intelligence said that Ukraine's accession to NATO "does not meet the interests of the United States" and also accused US President Joe Biden of escalating the conflict in Ukraine due to his decision to strike deep into Russia with ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles.