Ambassador Richard Grenell speaks during a press conference after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Earlier this month, just weeks after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps fired numerous ballistic missiles at U.S. troops in Iraq and downed a civilian airliner, Grenell sharply criticized Germany for a planned celebration of the founding of Iran’s Islamic Republic. His reaction was in sharp contrast to the more docile attitude toward Iran from other top Western officials, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
“Germany has a moral responsibility to say to Iran very firmly and clearly that it is unacceptable to deny basic human rights to your people, or kill protesters in the streets or push gay people off buildings. Celebrating the regime’s ongoing existence sends the opposite message,” Grenell told Fox News.
And, Grenell has defended Trump’s tweeting habit, even as Attorney General Bill Barr has said Trump’s posts make it “impossible” for him to do his job at the Justice Department.
“It makes my job so much easier,” Grenell told Fox News host Neil Cavuto. “We as diplomats have to be at the forefront of trying to solve problems. You don’t want to have a war, you want to avoid war, which means diplomats need to be able to talk.”
“If you want to solve problems, you better have diplomats who are really tough — diplomats who know how to push and know how to cajole … so, I like having a president who’s willing to be very tough.”
GRENELL DEFENDS TRUMP TWEETS, SAY THEY MAKE HIS JOB ‘SO MUCH EASIER’
Last year at the United Nations General Assembly, Grenell unequivocally declared he’s “proud” to serve a president who has achieved the “perfect balance” between restraint and use of force abroad.
He has championed the “Trump Doctrine,” defined as the approach of economically pressuring countries — including North Korea, Iran, and China — but leaving them a path to “change their behavior.”
On Twitter on Tuesday, Grenell declared that Trump’s aggressive foreign policy was “working.”
Additionally, Grenell has echoed the president’s warnings concerning Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant that the White House says represents a growing international security threat.
However, Grenell’s vocal support of the president, online and overseas, has prompted critics to call him an ideologue. He would oversee the country’s 17 intelligence agencies in the new role.
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