Kimberly Guilfoyle Hit With Stinging Humiliation by Greek President
SARAH SILBIGER / REUTERS Kimberly Guilfoyle won’t get a ceremonial send-off from the Greek President as she leaves her post as ambassador.
The White House asked Guilfoyle, 57, to resign as U.S.
Ambassador to Greece on Tuesday, amid mounting allegations of misconduct.
Although outgoing ambassadors usually meet with the country’s head of state, prime minister, and foreign minister on the way out, President Konstantinos Tasoulas’ office told the Daily Mail it has no current plans for a formal farewell to Guilfoyle.
But aides speculate that she might demand one anyway.
“She is so brazen that no one is discounting she might show up anyway to try to force a grand farewell despite her current ignominy,” one aide told the Daily Mail.
“Anyone would be enormously embarrassed to do that, but this is Kimberly.” Staffers at the U.S.
Embassy in Athens told the Mail that Guilfoyle’s departure is “unprecedented.” “We have never seen such a violent beheading of the mission.
Usually, these pushouts happen quietly.
This was abrupt,” one told the outlet.
“There is no semblance of shock, rather relief that she’s been fired.
She was horrible and mean and spoke down to just about everybody,” another senior source said.
“She simply wouldn’t listen to anyone, even the most experienced career diplomats surrounding her.” This is a breaking story and will be updated Read more at The Daily Beast.
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