Scandal-plagued US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has been tossed out of President Donald Trump's inner circle, confirming her resignation on Tuesday after a stunningly rapid fall from grace.
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With her diplomatic career in free fall, three sources claimed that Guilfoyle had privately conceded that 'she's done,' just before the firing took place.
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Insiders confirm the ambassador is now practically holed up inside the official diplomatic residence in Athens, gripped by the mounting paranoia that amounted to her exit.
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According to a source, in desperate phone calls back to contacts in the US over the past few days, a panicked Guilfoyle vented: 'I have no one that I can trust over here.'
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At the site of the embassy late Tuesday after her resignation, the entrance remained hermetically sealed, almost lifeless with just three working headlights perched on the embassy's white-washed walls switched on.
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Two security guards were left manning the main entrance.
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Around 7.07pm local time a BMW Jeep, escorted by a second car, drove into the compound.
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One of the US embassy's longest serving staff members told the Daily Mail that Guilfoyle's rapid decline was 'unprecedented.'
'We have never seen such a violent beheading of the mission.
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Usually, these push outs or terminations happen quietly.
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'She had a cocky and brass air to her.
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And as time passed, it became more and more unbridled,' continued the staffer.
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Guilfoyle's ultimate humiliation came as Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia revealed the ambassador had been asked to resign one day after the president said he was 'not happy' with negative reports about her high-rolling lifestyle.
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President Donald Trump greets US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle during a Greek Independence Day celebration in the East Room of the White House in March 2026
The exterior of the residence in Athens, Greece, where the US Ambassador resides
She now lives in Jefferson House, the ambassador's villa located in the exclusive Kolonaki neighborhood of Athens (Source: @ashimizu/Instagram)
The Daily Mail exclusively reported last week that the State Department opened a probe into complaints over her allegedly 'tyrannical' leadership and lavish corporate perks at the US Embassy in Athens.
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And yet the 57-year-old ambassador's mounting ethics scandal continues to worsen, as the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal new revelations exposing Guilfoyle's murky personal finances.
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In mid-2025, just as she was reportedly scrambling to clear massive American Express credit card bills prior to entering her ambassadorship, Guilfoyle solicited a $250,000 car loan payment from several wealthy Greek businessmen, four Greek and State Department insiders with direct knowledge tell the Daily Mail.
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The businessmen were approached by Guilfoyle to help her pay off her luxury Mercedes G-Wagon, the sources told the Daily Mail.
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Sources say she did not ultimately receive the money she was looking for.
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Outstanding debts can raise concerns during the vetting process of ambassadorial nominees.
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But a loan for a boat advance is listed on the liabilities section of her report for $100,000 – $250,000.
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The creditor is listed as Azure funding, a financial services firm that specializes in marine and aviation financing.
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The approach for the G-Wagon solicitation mirrors revelations by the Wall Street Journal, which obtained text messages showing Guilfoyle asking a Trump supporter to settle a $100,000 American Express bill just before her Senate confirmation hearing, while dangling promise of access to the administration.
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Her lawyer has denied all allegations of wrongdoing regarding the Wall Street Journal's report.
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The empty front of the US Embassy in Athens, Greece, after Guilfoyle's resignation
The scandal-plagued US Ambassador to Greece is being tossed out of the administration altogether, as Press Secretary Katie Zacharia revealed to the Daily Mail that Guilfoyle has been asked to resign
Guilfoyle's team and the State Department did not respond to requests for comment and the White House referred the Daily Mail to Trump's Monday comment saying he wasn't happy with the situation.
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He then asked for her resignation.
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The State Department Office of Inspector General investigation the Daily Mail exclusively reported will get fresh momentum as more people may feel emboldened to come forward now that she is leaving her post.
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Guilfoyle's standing rapidly collapsed in the Mediterranean capital.
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Greek government officials were flatly refusing to hold meetings with her, the sources said, immediately before her ouster.
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The institutional breakdown was laid bare during Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Athens last week, where four insiders reveal that Guilfoyle was explicitly barred from attending a pivotal one-on-one meeting between Rubio and the Greek Prime Minister.
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To make matters worse Guilfoyle's key local ally, Alexandros Exarchou, the powerful Chairman and Group CEO of AKTOR Group, was also personally barred from attending the official state dinner with Rubio due to guidance from higher ups at the State Department.
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Exarchou was left fuming, according to a Greek official briefed on the dinner.
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Reports previously revealed Guilfoyle had used her position to aggressively promote the business interests of Exarchou's construction and energy giant, even allowing his company's lobbyist into private diplomatic sessions and telling reception guests that the US could undercut the Greek government if it chose to.
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Rubio reportedly became increasingly furious as fresh allegations emerged during his visit to Athens last week, where Guilfoyle greeted him with a bear hug
Guilfoyle's downfall was complete on Tuesday as she announced her departure from her job
Despite the warm embrace Guilfoyle gave Rubio when he landed, two sources told the Daily Mail he was 'completely standoffish' with her at the dinner.
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Another source said Guilfoyle played her last card with Rubio when the WSJ broke the story about her nefarious dealings.
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'She was all over him, obsessive,' the source said.
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'Perhaps the most telling moment was her last moments with him when she gave him a massive bear hug ringing to everyone in the know “save me please.”
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Her isolation is largely self-inflicted.
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This spring she fired a veteran Greek economic adviser who had served several ambassadors and held much of the embassy's institutional memory, leaving staff bewildered.
In a frantic last-ditch effort to signal she still wields power in Washington, Guilfoyle had been insisting to Athens contacts that there will be an official state visit to Greece from Vice President JD Vance in February.
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Guilfoyle had been insisting to Athens contacts that there will be an official state visit to Greece from Vice President JD Vance next February
Guilfoyle was seen wrapping her arms around Marco Rubio on the tarmac on Tuesday, alongside Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and Greek Ambassador Antonis Alexandridis
Vance's team told the Daily Mail it has no 2027 travel plans to announce at this time.
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When questioned directly about the mounting scandal last week, Vance claimed the reports of her soliciting payments were 'hypothetical,' but added that he did not love the storyline.
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Two US officials grimly noted that Guilfoyle is clinging to her post simply because she has nowhere else to go.
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