Trump continues to name appointments to his incoming administration at a record pace. On Wednesday afternoon, he named former Fox anchor, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs during Trump’s first term, and New York Times bestselling author Monica Crowley to the role of Assistant Secretary of State.

Monica Crowley joins Trump administration as assistant Secretary of State pic.twitter.com/mAz3YzKut8

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) December 4, 2024

According to a Trump-Vance transition team email, Crowley will oversee many important international events, including the Olympics:

I am honored to nominate Monica Elizabeth Crowley, Ph.D. to serve as Ambassador, Assistant Secretary of State, and Chief of Protocol of the United States of America. Monica will be the Administration Representative for major U.S. hosted events, including America’s 250th Birthday in 2026, the FIFA World Cup in 2026, and the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.

He pointed to her record during his last administration:

During my First Term, Monica did an incredible job as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs. For her exceptional service, she received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Department. Monica is a New York Times bestselling author, and has been a popular anchor, and political and foreign affairs analyst, for the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, among others. A graduate of Colgate University, she holds two Master's degrees, and a Doctorate in International Relations, from Columbia University.
  
 She will be an extraordinary Representative of our Country. Congratulations Monica!

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Crowley, who served as Foreign Policy Assistant to former President Richard Nixon from 1990 until his death in 1994, wrote two bestsellers about that experience. The Nixon Foundation describes her many notable achievements:

Monica Crowley served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Public Affairs) at the United States Department of the Treasury. During her tenure from 2019 to 2021, she and the team she led conceived, developed and executed the communications strategies for the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasury Department, and the Administration more broadly during three historic periods: the longest economic expansion in American history; the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression; and the fastest economic recovery on record. For exceptional service to the Treasury Department and the Nation, she received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Department.

She has also written for many national publications, including The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The Los Angeles Times, and Newsweek, and has guest-lectured at Yale, Columbia, Rutgers, and MIT. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, she graduated from Colgate University and holds two Master’s degrees and a Ph.D in International Relations from Columbia University.

She’s got a sense of humor, too, evidently:

Thank you to President Trump for saving us from Hillary and whatever the hell this ispic.twitter.com/C3llVvg7UP

— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) November 27, 2024

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