Watch Kimberly Guilfoyle’s eyes glaze over as Ric Grenell bitches about publicly-funded art displays
Donald Trump‘s former Acting Director of National Intelligence and MAGA queen Richard Grenell went on Kimberly Guilfoyle‘s rage-fueled Rumble show yesterday to weigh in on the race for House speaker discuss the hostage crisis in Israel speak about the war in Ukraine rail against U.S.
taxpayer-funded art displays around the world.That’s right, Grenell went on Guilfoyle’s show yesterday to complain about Art in Embassies, a program that promotes cultural diplomacy through art exhibitions and permanent collections showcased in over than 200 U.S.
Embassies and Consulates worldwide.The program, which was established by President Kennedy in 1963 and is funded by the U.S.
State Department, recently celebrated 60 years of supporting artists, including countless LGBTQ+ artists, and bringing beauty to ambassador residences, embassies, and consulates the world over.A post shared by Art In Embassies (@artinembassies)But Grenell, who once famously (and falsely) called Trump “the most pro-gay president in American history”, it’s time to put the kabosh on the embassy program.“This Art in Embassies program is the most elitist program that has ever been invented,” he bitched to Guilfoyle, claiming the whole thing is just an excuse for a bunch of rich people to avoid paying insurance for their private art collections.“It’s a scam,” Guilfoyle replied, disinterestedly.Grenell then proceeded to go on an incoherent rant about, well, we’re not entirely sure what.“We keep funding these programs like it’s–and, you know–they have all these fancy people calling it, ‘Oh, it’s soft power!’–and it’s like–you know what soft power is?
