Donald Trump releases bizarre statement moments after announcing new top White House hire

Donald Trump appeared less than convinced by his new foreign policy appointment in a new statement saying “these things usually don’t work out,” a month after Laura Loomer called her “a snake.”

The president-elect announced Friday that Morgan Ortagus has been appointed deputy special presidential envoy for peace in the Middle East.

Ortagus, a former Fox News contributor and State Department spokeswoman, was previously endorsed by Trump when she ran for a congressional seat in Tennessee in 2022.

However, Trump does not seem entirely convinced by the appointment, saying that Ortagus “fought against me for three years, but hopefully learned her lesson.”

“These things usually don’t work, but she has strong Republican support, and I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing it for them. Let’s see what happens,” suggesting he wanted to appease the party by hiring her to serve under Steven Witkoff.

Trump added: “Hopefully she will be an asset to Steve, a great leader and talent, as we try to bring peace and prosperity to a very troubled region.” I expect great results, and fast!’

Despite working for him during his first term and gaining Trump’s support for Congress, Ortagus appears to harbor some skepticism among the MAGA base.

Right-wing influencer and Trump associate Laura Loomer claimed in an online post last month that she has “receipts” about Ortagus, whom she likened to a “snake” who should be prevented from joining the new administration.

The conspiracy theorist and provocateur, who traveled with Trump during the campaign before reportedly being kept off his plane, got engaged after Ortagus, a former Fox News spokesman and State Department spokeswoman, posted a photo of himself with Kash Patel , Trump’s controversial nominee for the FBI. Director.

The association would be a way for someone in Trump’s inner circle to establish bona fides with the “Deep State” warrior whose coming appointment sent shockwaves through DC.

To counter this, Loomer posted an image of Ortagus in a Jeb Bush T-shirt and an image appearing with former Trump rival Nikki Haley at an event for her national security consultancy – the photos were apparently intended to portray her like a RINO, an endangered species in the country. Trump world.

She then called Ortagus a “snake” and implied that she wasn’t a true MAGA supporter.

‘I love Kash Patel. He has always been a strong supporter of the J6 Patriots and has even raised money for them. Morgan Ortagus is a snake hated by all her colleagues at the State Department, and she is a traitor to Trump,” Loomer wrote, referring to people who stormed the Capitol.

She then turned to Patel, claiming she “had coupons so you can protect yourself from this snake.”

Loomer said Ortagus and her business partners were “all working against Trump, just in case she told you otherwise,” she advised.

She said Ortagus hoped to become deputy defense minister, a powerful post.

Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is under fire after being accused of sexual assault and taking part in drunken strip club escapades.

She hopes she can become deputy secretary of defense after Trump names Rep. Elise Stefanik” as his choice to become U.S. ambassador to the U.N. “instead of Morgan,” she wrote.

“I think we’ve all had enough of Morgan’s many years of social advancement in MAGA at the State Department,” she told her 1.3 million followers on X.

Then her criticism of a sharp turn toward personal attacks based on religion, saying that her “twin sister married a Muslim man” and that she “divorced her first husband and married a wealthy, politically connected Jew in DC and that her marriage was officiated by the ultra’. — liberal SCOTUS Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg.”

Reached by DailyMail.com, Ortagus had only a brief response. “I’m in expeditionary combat training,” the Marine reservist said. She said she hadn’t heard from the mail and had to go.

Several figures in Trump’s inner circle have rejected Loomer. But Trump defended her in September after she accompanied him to the September 11 ceremonies, despite her advancing a bizarre conspiracy theory that the attacks were an “inside job.”

“Laura has been a supporter of mine. Just like a lot of people are supporters, and she’s been a supporter of mine. She speaks very positively about the campaign. I’m not sure why you asked that question,” Trump said in California as he pressed the relationship.

In the after that drew Loomer’s ire, Ortagus wrote, “A beautiful Sunday lunch with 45/47 and the next @FBI director, my friend kash_patel.” She posted a photo of himself with Trump the day before the election.

In 2022, despite Trump’s endorsement, Ortagus was removed from the ballot in Tennessee after the local Republican Party voted to remove her because she had only just moved to the state.

“President Donald Trump believes I am the best person to fight for his America First agenda and Middle Tennessee in Congress, and I am working hard to ensure that my fellow Tennesseans, including TNGOP SEC members, understand why,” Ortagus said in a speech. statement on the decision to remove her.

“As I have said all along, I believe that Middle Tennessee voters should choose their representative – not the incumbent party insiders,” she continued. “Our team is evaluating the options before us.”

The vote came after the Republican Party-controlled state legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring congressional candidates to live in Tennessee for three years to qualify for the primaries.

In late January 2022, the ex-president sent his endorsement email for Ortagus from his Save America PAC account.

“I have been told that the very strong and impressive Morgan Ortagus is exploring a run for Congress in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District,” Trump wrote at the time. “I couldn’t be happier because she is an absolute fighter for America First and MAGA!”

“She will not bow to the Woke Mob or the left-wing LameStream Media,” he added.