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Trump Appoints Real Estate Investor Steven Witkoff as Special Envoy to Middle East

Nov 12, 2024, 10:22 PM

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Steven C. Witkoff, founder of the Witkoff Group and a longtime associate, as the United States Special Envoy to the Middle East. Witkoff, a respected leader in business and philanthropy, has been praised by Trump as a "Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy, who has made every project and community he has been involved with stronger and more prosperous." Despite lacking diplomatic or regional experience, Witkoff has served as a backchannel to the Jewish business community during the campaign. Trump stated that Witkoff will be "an unrelenting Voice for PEACE" in the region.