Trump Picks Beloved Fox Host For Key Role

A beloved presence at Fox News is headed to the State Department, President Donald Trump has announced.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be assisted by Tammy Bruce, the former conservative radio host who joined the administration earlier this year as the department’s spokeswoman. She will be elevated to the position of deputy representative to the United Nations, pending approval by the U.S. Senate.

Bruce is expected to serve under Mike Waltz, Trump’s former national security advisor who lost his post following the Signalgate fiasco earlier this year. Waltz is awaiting his own confirmation to permanently serve as the administration’s chief U.N. ambassador.

Trump praised the former Fox host as a “Great Patriot, Television Personality, and Bestselling Author” while announcing her selection in a post on Truth Social.

“Since the beginning of my Second Term, Tammy has been serving with distinction as Spokesperson of the State Department, where she did a fantastic job. Tammy Bruce will represent our Country brilliantly at the United Nations,” wrote Trump. “Congratulations Tammy!”

Bruce, 62, cut against the grain in State Department briefings, often dismissing reporters’ questions as biased or refusing to fully answer them. She took to rearranging chairs for journalists without notice, leaving them less prepared to rally against her retorts.

It’s not yet clear who will lead the State Department’s communications efforts. Bruce’s deputy in her current role is Tommy Pigott, who previously worked as a spokesman for the Republican National Committee.

As an on-air talent at Fox, Bruce was a vociferous defender of the Trump administration. A former Democratic activist and past president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women, she spoke passionately about her decision to leave the left behind and fold into conservative media during the height of the Tea Party movement, the Washington Post reported.

She is one of several former Fox News anchors to join the administration, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth being the most prominent. Last week, former judge and Fox contributor Jeanine Pirro was sworn in to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, where she had served since her appointment in May.

Dan Bongino, the FBI’s deputy director, left Fox in 2023 to focus on the launch of his own online program before being tapped by Trump. Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman who now serves as Trump’s director of national intelligence, had been serving as a contributor at Fox since 2022.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy also made the transition from TV to state. He was a longtime host of the Fox Business program “The Bottom Line,” and his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, continues to co-host “Fox & Friends Weekends.”