Trump Picks Callista Gingrich for Ambassador to Switzerland

President-elect Donald J.Trump said on Sunday that he intended to nominate Callista Gingrich, who served as his ambassador to the Vatican during his first term, as ambassador to Switzerland.Ms.

Gingrich is the wife of Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and a loyal Trump ally.At the Republican National Convention this summer, Ms.

Gingrich accused President Biden of attacking religious freedom, and she praised Mr.Trump for installing three Supreme Court justices who she said were “committed to protecting our God-given right to worship.”The selection of Ms.

Gingrich came amid a spate of announcements on Sunday that also included the choice of Mauricio Claver-Carone, who served during Mr.Trump’s first term as his senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs, as the State Department’s special envoy for Latin America.Mr.

Trump also picked Ken Howery, one of the founders of PayPal, to be the next ambassador to Denmark.Mr.

Howery served as the ambassador to Sweden during Mr.Trump’s first administration.As part of the announcement of Mr.

Howery, Mr.Trump revived the idea, floated during his first term, of buying Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark.“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” he wrote on social media.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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