{"id":1121,"date":"2024-12-12T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/for-incoming-us-ambassador-to-athens-crisis-hit-greeks-were-freeloaders\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T08:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:00:30","slug":"for-incoming-us-ambassador-to-athens-crisis-hit-greeks-were-freeloaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/for-incoming-us-ambassador-to-athens-crisis-hit-greeks-were-freeloaders\/","title":{"rendered":"For incoming US ambassador to Athens, crisis-hit Greeks were \u2018freeloaders\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1256088\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ap-guilfoyle-320x200.jpg?v=1733989253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ap-guilfoyle.jpg?v=1733989253\" alt=\"For incoming US ambassador to Athens, crisis-hit Greeks were \u2018freeloaders\u2019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ap-guilfoyle-960x600.jpg?v=1733989254\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[AP]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>US president-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick for the American ambassador to Athens described Greeks during the crippling financial crisis of 2009-2018 as \u201cfreeloaders\u201d who needed to be punished in the same way as a dog does when it \u201cpees on the rug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody likes freeloaders. It doesn\u2019t matter if you made great yogurt. I don\u2019t care,\u201d Kimberly Guilfoyle was reported by The Independent on Thursday as having said during a show on Fox News \u2013 before she left the network under a cloud of sexual harassment allegations \u2013 reacting to the 2015 referendum where Greeks voted against a new austerity package.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuck it up. Get up in the morning. Go to work. You guys are retiring too early. And that\u2019s part of the problem. You have, like, politicians making out-of-control promises, buying votes with entitlements that they can\u2019t support,\u201d Guilfoyle had remarked, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced his intention to appoint Guilfoyle, a former fundraiser for his campaign who is also currently engaged to his son, Donald Jr, in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer extensive experience and leadership in law, media and politics along with her sharp intellect make her supremely qualified to represent the United States, and safeguard its interests abroad,\u201d Trump said in the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKimberly is perfectly suited to foster strong bilateral relations with Greece, advancing our interests on issues ranging from defense cooperation to trade and economic innovation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination of Guilfoyle needs to be confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1256088\/for-incoming-us-ambassador-to-athens-crisis-hit-greeks-were-freeloaders\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AP] US president-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick for the American ambassador to Athens described Greeks during the crippling financial crisis of 2009-2018 as \u201cfreeloaders\u201d who needed to be punished in the same way as a dog does when it \u201cpees on the rug.\u201d \u201cNobody likes freeloaders. 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