Trump asks Stefanik to withdraw the offer to be Ambassador of the United Nations
Thursday Trump said he asked the representative Elise Stefanik, a republican of New York, to remain at the congress rather than serve as the United Nations Ambassador, among the concern for the tiny vote margin that the Republicans hold in the Chamber.
“There are others who can do a good job at the United Nations,” Trump wrote on his website, Truth Social, where he said that it was essential for the Republicans to retain every place in the house they have. “Therefore, Elise will remain at Congress, will join the Chamber leadership team and continue to fight for our extraordinary American people”.
Mr. Trump hinted that Mrs. Stefanik could have done in the future with another position in her administration. But for now, he said, the speaker Mike Johnson was “enthusiastic” of development.
It was an extraordinary turnaround for Mrs. Stefanik, who was the first candidate for Mr. Trump’s cabinet and who expected to be confirmed by the Senate in the next few days.
And he underlined the precarious position in which the republicans of the Chamber are located with such a narrow majority that they can afford few defections. Johnson had previously said he could not afford to lose Mrs. Stefanik while he was maneuvering critical measures, including the budget plan of his party, through the house.
He also underlined the concerns between Mr. Trump and the main members of his party on their ability to win those who should be safe republican seats in districts such as the solidly red region of Mrs. Stefanik in New York State.
Mrs. Stefanik apparently expected her expectation to be confirmed would soon be over. He spent last week for Instagram to publish a nostalgic retrospective of his time to the congress while preparing for the end of his mandate. And he participated in a farewell tour through his district in the New York state.
His appointment was expected to go on after April 1, when two republicans deduced from Trump had to fill a couple of seats in the house in Florida who had been left vacant after the departures of the former representatives Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz of Florida. Both had resigned after Mr. Trump had selected them to serve in his administration, although Mr. Gaetz retired later by consideration as a general prosecutor in the midst of Capitol Hill resistance.
But in the last few days there has been a growing concern among the republicans on the special elections to replace Mr. Waltz, the national security councilor who aroused criticism for his involvement in a signal chat leaked on a military strike in Yemen, in which he included a journalist. What was supposed to be a safe place became a competitive race.
Mr. Trump, according to two people who are familiar with his thought who described him on condition of anonymity, was bruised for Mr. Waltz for his role inadvertently including the Atlantic publisher in the high -level chat and with the apparent difficulty of keeping his place in Florida.
He didn’t want the same thing to happen with the departure of Mrs. Stefanik.
“With a very close majority, I don’t want to take this opportunity for anyone else who runs for the Elise seat,” Trump said in his assignment.
Mrs. Stefanik had been anxious to join the cabinet and did not expect to stay so long at home, where she gave up a leadership position and had already let many long -time staff members go. Furthermore, it was not sitting on any below.
His attention was at the next work and privately exposed the frustration for the delay with his Senate confirmation hearing.
Mrs. Stefanik participated in the first meeting of the Trump cabinet. And when Mr. Trump turned to a joint session of the congress, he sat with his toilet rather than with his home colleagues.
