Tag: Richard Grenell

No one ever accused Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a liberal. After all, this is the man who has assiduously courted President Trump, going so far as to name a (probably imaginary) development in Israeli-occupied territory “Trump Heights.”  But there’s one big difference between the two: When it came time for Netanyahu to appoint a new Minister of Justice, he turned to Amir Ohana, a political ally with impeccably conservative credentials. Ohana is also gay. Israel’s Minister of Justice,...

Vice President Mike Pence, best known for his nonstop attacks on the LGBTQ community in the name of “religious freedom,” is defending the administration’s decision to stop allowing American embassies to fly the Pride flag in June. While foreign outposts are defying Trump and finding ways to circumvent the guidance, Pence attempted to spin the rebellion as a way the administration is “serving” the LGBTQ community. In an interview with NBC News, Pence confirmed reports that the feds were denying embassies’...

President Donald Trump’s tweet “honoring” Pride Month came on the heels of more attacks on the LGBTQ community and was met with immediate scorn. As if to put a finer point on it, days later the administration announced that despite’s Trump’s tweet, they would not allow embassies to fly the Pride flag as ambassadors have done for years. Trump’s state department has rejected at least four requests from embassies to fly the rainbow flag during Pride month: Brazil, Germany, Israel...

LGBT Republicans are claiming a victory after President Donald Trump handed one of the biggest diplomatic jobs in his administration to an openly gay man. Richard Grenell, a former national security adviser, has been appointed as US ambassador to Germany. Grenell has been a prominent gay voice on the right for several decades, previously serving as a UN ambassador for eight years under President George W. Bush. The 51-year-old was an early backer of Donald Trump and has been a close ally...