Trump distances himself from Kimberly Guilfoyle: "She wasn't a member of the family"

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., resigned as the US ambassador to Greece on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, amid allegations of improper and possibly illegal conduct during her tenure in Athens. The Wall Street Journal reported that Guilfoyle had asked a major donor to pay off her $100,000 credit card debt before taking up the ambassadorship, allegedly offering access to political officials in return. A senior US official told the Associated Press on Sunday that President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were "extremely pissed off" by these allegations and had been considering her removal since last week.

Guilfoyle's lawyers, David Schwartz and Jesse Binnall, rejected all claims of impropriety but did not address the specific allegation about the debt. Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) have called for an investigation into the allegations, adding pressure on Guilfoyle to step down.

Sources close to Trump's administration indicated that some officials had been working behind the scenes to protect Guilfoyle out of fear she might expose family secrets if she returned to the US. However, with growing public criticism and the president expressing his unhappiness, Guilfoyle ultimately resigned following a weekend of speculation about her fate. The White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, said Guilfoyle had been "a wonderful asset," but acknowledged that the administration was not happy with the allegations against her.