An associate of MAGA loyalist Ric Grenell approached conservative social media influencers last month and offered them contracts worth thousands of dollars to post approvingly about Grenell as he attempted to get President-elect Donald Trump to nominate him for secretary of state, according to Politico.
Even before the election, Grenell – who served in Trump’s first administration as the ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence – made it clear privately that he wanted to become Trump’s secretary of state.
