As Grenell moves to spy post, Trump looks for new ambassador to Germany


  • World
  • Sunday, 23 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: Richard Grenell, U.S. ambassador to Germany, attends the "Rally for Equal Rights at the United Nations (Protesting Anti-Israeli Bias)" aside of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is looking for a new ambassador to Germany after tapping current diplomat Richard Grenell to serve as acting U.S. intelligence chief.

"I'll be appointing an ambassador to Germany," Trump told reporters at the White House before departing on a trip to India.

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