Kimberly Guilfoyle Ousted as US Ambassador to Greece After AI Defense and Financial Scandals

POLICY WIRE — Washington, D.C. — Former Fox News star Kimberly Guilfoyle has been ousted from her position as U.S. ambassador to Greece following a mounting series of negative headlines and failed damage control efforts.

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia announced on Tuesday that the president had requested Guilfoyle’s resignation, marking a swift fall from grace for the former fiancee of Donald Trump Jr.

In a statement following her dismissal, Guilfoyle thanked the president for the opportunity to serve and vowed to vigorously fight what she called false allegations against her.

The diplomatic crisis began to unfold late last month when reports revealed that the ambassador had been promoting a Greek construction firm where one of her advisers served as a lobbyist.

As scrutiny intensified, Guilfoyle reached out to conservative media figures and administration officials in Athens to secure backing, even claiming that a damaging story relied on artificial intelligence-generated text messages.

The controversy deepened significantly on October 7 with the publication of a report alleging that Guilfoyle asked a Trump donor to pay off a $100,000 American Express bill ahead of her September 2025 Senate confirmation.

According to the reporting, she texted Eric Deters pleading for him to handle the payment without leaving a paper trail, prompting her to subsequently contact the White House to argue the messages were fabricated by AI.

U.S. officials ultimately rejected her explanation, and a subsequent weekend report alleged that she boasted about Greek tycoons bankrolling her international luxury travel shortly after her confirmation.

The political fallout strained operations in Athens, leading Guilfoyle to watch television coverage on mute and suspect embassy staff and security personnel of leaking information.

She also contacted Breitbart Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle to vouch for her with the Trump administration and asked State Department officials to scrub a Daily Mail report regarding an unpaid $1,769 dinner and Champagne bill.

When pressed by U.S. officials to prove the restaurant bill had been settled, the 57-year-old former diplomat failed to provide a receipt.

Senior Trump officials had discussed dismissing Guilfoyle since early October, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefly defended her while visiting Greece between October 6 and 8 to avoid upstaging his speech on western civilization at the Acropolis.

President Trump ultimately made the decision to remove her on Tuesday morning, noting to reporters that she was not a member of his family and that she had dated his son a long time ago.

Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr. became engaged in 2020 before calling off the wedding in September 2024, prior to Trump nominating her for the ambassador post in December 2024.

Reflecting on the departure, Trump told reporters that she went to Greece and did a good job, but administration leaders simply did not like what they were reading.

Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)