Kimberly Guilfoyle bravely accepts Donald Trump’s Greece ambassador nomination despite personal challenges

Kimberly Guilfoyle has officially confirmed her nomination as the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. Simultaneously, reports indicate that she and her fiancé, Donald Trump Jr., have ended their engagement.

After the President-elect’s announcement on Tuesday, the 55-year-old Trump campaign advisor took to social media to express her readiness to take on the ambassadorship. However, she did not directly mention the status of her relationship with Trump Jr.

In a post, Guilfoyle stated, ‘I am deeply honored to accept President Trump’s nomination to represent the United States as the next Ambassador to Greece. I am eager to gain the approval of the U.S. Senate for this role.’

She added: ‘As ambassador, I look forward to delivering on the Trump agenda, supporting our Greek allies, and ushering in a new era of peace and prosperity.’

News of Guilfoyle’s new high-profile role broke as news Don Jr.’s romance with another woman reached a fever pitch Monday – when he was snapped holding hands with much younger Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson.

DailyMail.com exclusively reported on the budding romance in August when the two were seen locking lips during a brunch date, however, both Don Jr., 46, and Kimberly have remained consistently silent on their relationship status ever since.

‘She’s putting on a brave front, of course, but she was crushed about Don’s very public betrayal,’ one source told DailyMail.com on Wednesday. 

‘Once Don fell for Bettina the writing was on the wall for Kimberly. The split was  going to happen quietly after the election, but Daily Mail’s photos preempted that. 

‘It’s a pretty humiliating situation,’ the insider added. 

Despite the photographic evidence and mounting rumors indicating their split, Guilfoyle had remained on the scene as a faithful Trump campaign advisor in the lead up to the election and was snapped alongside his family at the president’s victory party last month. 

But her presence at political events has not been enough to quell speculation, as her notable absence at recent family events further sparked curiosity about the couple’s future. 

In an apparent bid to keep up appearances Tuesday, Don publicly congratulated his estranged fiancée in an X post that she then shared on her social media accounts. 

‘I am so proud of Kimberly. She loves America and she always has wanted to serve the country as an Ambassador. She will be an amazing leader for America First,’ he said. 

Three months after raising questions about his seemingly cozy relationship with Anderson, Don Jr. all but confirmed their romance over the weekend and Monday night when he was seen celebrating her 38th birthday in Palm Beach. 

A source confirmed to DailyMail.com on Tuesday: ‘There is no more Kimberly and Don – at least not romantically.

‘Their engagement hasn’t officially been called off yet. They were waiting until after the Inauguration to announce.’

The source  added: ‘The truth is Don and Bettina are still very much together. He’s crazy about her.’

Exclusive DailyMail.com photos showed the two leaving a restaurant hand in hand after a celebratory dinner for the glamorous brunette. 

The loved-up couple spent nearly two hours at swanky downtown hotspot Buccan, three miles from her West Palm Beach townhouse where they have been spending days and nights, DailyMail.com revealed earlier on Tuesday.

Don Jr. dressed in a smart blue suit and white shirt open at the neck, revealed no compunction about showing off his new flame as they emerged from the restaurant just before 10pm.

They came out with another couple and Don Jr. could be heard laughing before they bade the others farewell and headed across the street to his vehicle, totally smitten with each other.

Anderson – wearing loose and flowing black pants with a black vest-like top and clutching a maroon purse with a gold clasp – stayed close to her man as they approached his pickup truck parked directly opposite the restaurant, their fingers interlocked.

Anderson herself also dropped not-so-subtle hints of their romance, sharing photos of a romantic flower delivery on her Instagram story, on which she discreetly tagged her new beau, @donaldtrumpjr at the top left corner. 

The photo showed a note sent with the flower arrangement reading: Many have said you’re aging out but I think you’re perfect…happy birthday!’

Anderson responded to her beau’s message in a tongue-in-cheek caption saying: ‘Tough but fair.’

Guilfoyle got engaged to Trump’s eldest son on December 31, 2020, but that was not made public until January 2022. 

The pair began dating in 2018 following Don’s divorce from first wife Vanessa Trump. 

Guilfoyle, a former prosecutor in San Francisco and one-time wife of Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom, became a big name conservative after landing a long-term role with Fox News in 2017.   

She would soon enter Trump’s orbit, becoming one of his political campaign advisers, while embarking on a sensational romance with his eldest son.

Once dubbed the ‘prom king and queen of MAGA land’ Guilfoyle and Don Jr. had bolstered Trump’s presidential run with primetime addresses at the National Convention in July and appeared arm-in-arm at rallies across the States but the political love-story would eventually come to a screeching halt.

Sources told DailyMail.com at the time that she was ‘blindsided’ when images emerged late last summer of Don dining with Republican ‘it girl’ Bettina Anderson, 38.

However, just days after that revelation, Guilfoyle was spotted by Don Jr.’s side on his surprise trip to the Balkans.

Don Jr. traveled to Serbia and Romania to deliver the message that a second Trump presidency would ensure an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. 

This followed another revelation by Daily Mail that Bettina Anderson had been featured in a video schmoozing with the former president’s son, his ex-wife and their daughter at a party in Florida, with Kimberly nowhere in sight.

Sources close to the couple at the time insisted Kimberly had been invited but had a speaking engagement that night.