Ex-Fox News political commentator Tammy Bruce is to take up a new diplomatic post, following President Donald Trump’s announcement of her nomination as the next US deputy representative to the United Nations. The nomination, posted on social media by Trump on Saturday, follows Bruce’s five months as the State Department spokesperson.
Trump thanked Bruce for performing a “fantastic job” articulating the administration’s policies while serving at the State Department. Acclaimed for her strong advocacy of Trump’s foreign policy actions, Bruce has been one of the most prominent voices to explain hard-line positions on immigration enforcement, visa restrictions, and the US responses to conflicts like Russia’s war in Ukraine and Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
Her defense of a contentious armed private aid operation in Gaza came under fire from all corners, but Bruce has been a constant defender of the administration’s decisions. This appointment marks an adjustment from her position as US foreign policy messaging’s public face to a more official role in international diplomacy.
Prior to entering the State Department, Bruce had more than two decades of experience as a political commentator and contributor on Fox News. She earned a reputation for critical analysis of liberalism in her writing, informed by her books such as Fear Itself: Exposing the Left’s Mind-Killing Agenda, in which she critiques left-leaning policies and ideas.
Bruce’s appointment indicates Trump’s ongoing penchant for blunt and loyal allies in top governmental roles, particularly those who are able to fiercely articulate his policies on a world stage. As deputy representative to the UN, Bruce will be charged with assisting in the development and articulation of US policy in one of the global community’s most influential diplomatic forums.
Her shift from media commentator to diplomat will be watched with keen interest, as she faces the challenge of articulating US interests in a troubled international environment characterized by conflicts and shifting alliances.
