Kimberly Guilfoyle’s departure will break with Greece’s usual diplomatic protocol, the Daily Mail reported, after the Greek president’s office said it had no plan for a formal send-off.
The office of President Konstantinos Tasoulas told the Daily Mail it had no current plan for a farewell. An Athens embassy source described calls on the president, prime minister and foreign minister as standard protocol for outgoing ambassadors. The source said Guilfoyle would not make those calls because her departure was abrupt.
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia said Oct. 13 that President Donald Trump had asked Guilfoyle to resign. Guilfoyle resigned after the request and later thanked Trump on social media for the opportunity to serve.
Days before the resignation, The Wall Street Journal reported that Guilfoyle asked donor Eric Deters for $100,000 to cover her American Express bill and offered to seek administration attention for Deters’ tax and legal issues in return. Her lawyer disputed the messages’ authenticity, the Journal reported.
