Trump taps Mon­i­ca Crow­ley to rejoin his admin­is­tra­tion

Trump taps Monica Crowley to rejoin his administration

Pres­i­dent-elect Don­ald Trump nom­i­nat­ed Mon­i­ca Crow­ley, a for­mer offi­cial in his first pres­i­den­cy, on Wednes­day to join his sec­ond admin­is­tra­tion as ambas­sador, assis­tant sec­re­tary of state, and chief of pro­to­col of the Unit­ed States of Amer­i­ca.

In this role, Crow­ley will be the admin­is­tra­tion rep­re­sen­ta­tive for major glob­al events, includ­ing the FIFA World Cup in 2026, the Olympic Games in Los Ange­les in 2028, and the U.S. cel­e­brat­ing its 250th birth­day in 2026.

“Dur­ing my first term, Mon­i­ca did an incred­i­ble job as assis­tant sec­re­tary of the Trea­sury for Pub­lic Affairs,” Trump said in a state­ment.

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The pres­i­dent-elect also praised Crowley’s résumé, which includes her role as a Fox News host and con­trib­u­tor, a New York Times best­selling author, and a recip­i­ent of the Alexan­der Hamil­ton Award.

Crow­ley, who served as a polit­i­cal and for­eign affairs ana­lyst for the Fox News Chan­nel and Fox Busi­ness Net­work, is among a grow­ing num­ber of Trump admin­is­tra­tion offi­cials who have also served as a Fox News host or con­trib­u­tor.

She joins Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense sec­re­tary nom­i­nee, and for­mer Fox and Friends Week­end co-host, Sean Duffy, Trump’s sec­re­tary of the Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion nom­i­nee, and Fox Busi­ness host and for­mer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huck­abee, Trump’s pick for ambas­sador to Israel, as offi­cials who have all had a past stint on the con­ser­v­a­tive net­work.

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Oth­er Fox con­trib­u­tors who have been tapped to join Trump’s admin­is­tra­tion include Dr. Janette Neshei­wat, Trump’s sur­geon gen­er­al pick, for­mer Demo­c­ra­t­ic Rep. Tul­si Gab­bard, Trump’s nom­i­nee for direc­tor of nation­al intel­li­gence, “bor­der czar” Tom Homan, and for­mer World Wrestling Enter­tain­ment CEO Lin­da McMa­hon, Trump’s edu­ca­tion sec­re­tary nom­i­nee.

Crow­ley is also among the grow­ing num­ber of women offi­cials in Trump’s sec­ond admin­is­tra­tion.