Trump picks former State Department spokeswoman Ortagus as deputy envoy to the Middle East

President-elect Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that his former State Department spokesman, Morgan Ortagus, will serve as the vice president’s special envoy for Middle East peace.

In a speech Friday afternoon, Trump announced that Ortagus will work under Steven Witkoff, a New York real estate magnate who was selected as the Middle East envoy in November.

“Morgan fought me for three years, but hopefully has learned her lesson,” Trump wrote in the post. “These things don’t usually work, but she has strong Republican support, and I’m not doing it for me, I’m doing it for them. Let’s see what happens.”

Morgan Ortagus was selected Friday afternoon to serve as deputy envoy to the Middle East. (Fox News)

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He added that she will “hopefully” be an asset to Witkoff.

“We seek to bring calm and prosperity to a very troubled region,” Trump wrote. “I expect good results, and soon!”

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President-elect Donald Trump tapped former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus to serve as deputy Middle East envoy Friday afternoon. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Ortagus, an active-duty US Navy Reserve intelligence officer, served as spokesperson at the State Department from 2019 to 2021, where she was a member of Trump’s Abraham Accords team.

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Previously, she worked in the Treasury Department as a financial intelligence analyst and served as the Deputy Secretary of the United States Treasury Attaché to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2010 to 2011.

Morgan Ortagus, a former State Department spokesman, was selected Friday afternoon to serve as the deputy Mideast envoy.

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She is also the founder of Polaris National Security and host of “The Morgan Ortagus Show” on Sirius XM.