Trump and Rubio weigh firing Kimberly Guilfoyle as misconduct and donor bailout allegations mount

U.S.Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle may soon be fired amid reports she sought a six-figure credit card bailout from a Trump donor while offering access to administration officials, adding to mounting allegations over her conduct in Athens.President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are "extremely pissed off" by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct and are weighing her removal, The Associated Press reported Sunday, citing a senior U.S.

official.The official told the AP that a decision on what action to take would likely come this week after Monday’s Columbus Day holiday.No departure has been confirmed.Guilfoyle, onetime fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., came under scrutiny this week after The Wall Street Journal reported that she asked Trump donor Eric Deters to pay off a $100,000 American Express bill shortly before her Senate confirmation hearing.MARCO RUBIO ANNOUNCES SWEEPING FINANCIAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTUS Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle (R) attends the opening of the sixth round of the Greece-US Strategic Dialogue, in Athens, on October 7, 2026.

(Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)According to messages reviewed by the Journal, Guilfoyle urged Deters to wire the money directly to American Express, saying the transaction would not leave a paper trail, while offering to help him gain access to senior Trump administration officials.Deters said he never made the payment.Guilfoyle's attorney, Jesse Binnall, disputed the authenticity of the messages.The allegations followed an earlier Journal investigation into Guilfoyle's conduct in Greece, including claims that she promoted the interests of Greek construction and energy company Aktor Group and allowed its registered lobbyist, Christos Marafatsos, to accompany her to private diplomatic meetings with senior officials.FORMER TRUMP CABINET OFFICIAL HAD 'INAPPROPRIATELY CLOSE' RELATIONSHIP WITH BODYGUARD, IG FINDSThe Journal also reported that G...

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