Trump reviews Guilfoyle amid disputed ethics allegations

President Trump says his administration is reviewing allegations against US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, whose lawyers dispute them.

Asked by reporters on Monday whether he would dismiss Guilfoyle, Trump expressed dissatisfaction without announcing a decision. “Well, we’re looking at it. Yeah, we’re not happy,” he said, leaving her position unresolved rather than confirming that the administration had decided to replace its representative in Athens.

Trump stops short of dismissal

The president’s remarks establish that the allegations have reached the White House’s attention. They do not establish whether the administration has reached any findings about Guilfoyle’s conduct, what process it is using to examine the matter, or when Trump intends to decide whether she should remain ambassador.

Guilfoyle’s lawyers have challenged central elements of the reporting about her conduct. Separately, the US Embassy in Athens said she had complied with the State Department’s requirements governing ethics and the reporting of gifts, placing that assertion of compliance alongside the president’s public expression of concern.

Those responses address different parts of the dispute: the lawyers contest the allegations, while the embassy points to compliance with departmental requirements. Neither response, as described in the supplied material, provides a detailed public account of the underlying transactions or resolves the allegations through an independently established finding.

Congress seeks answers about Guilfoyle

Democrats in Congress have called for additional information and an investigation. Their demands add a congressional dimension to the dispute, although the material does not identify the lawmakers involved, specify the documents they want, or describe a formal committee action against the ambassador.

The dispute comes as Trump and his Republican allies approach midterm elections, with control of Congress at stake. That timing provides a political setting for the demands for scrutiny, but the material does not establish any measurable electoral effect from the allegations or from Trump’s response.

Trump selected Guilfoyle for the diplomatic assignment in December 2024, and the Senate approved her appointment in September 2025. A former television commentator who was previously engaged to Donald Trump Jr., she now faces questions about her conduct in a position requiring representation of the US government abroad.

Athens post awaits presidential decision

The immediate institutional question is whether Trump will retain Guilfoyle while the allegations are examined or choose to replace her. If she stays, the embassy’s assertion of compliance and her lawyers’ objections would remain central to her response; a dismissal would settle her tenure without itself establishing whether any allegation was proved.

Trump’s comments supplied neither a deadline nor a description of any possible personnel transition. The next concrete developments would be an announced decision about Guilfoyle’s position, a fuller explanation of the administration’s review, or documented findings addressing the conduct at issue.