President Trump just moved the Kimberly Guilfoyle controversy out of the rumor mill and onto the record.
Asked Monday whether he was considering firing the U.S. ambassador to Greece, President Trump gave a short answer with enormous consequences.
“Well, we’re looking at it,” he told reporters. “We’re not happy.”
President Trump did not announce a firing. He confirmed that Guilfoyle’s future in Athens is under active review at the highest level of the administration.
The Associated Press reported that President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were weighing whether to remove her after a string of stories alleging improper conduct before and during her tenure.
A senior U.S. official told the outlet that a decision could come this week. The official also said Rubio was especially angry because the allegations were already swirling during his trip to Athens, where Guilfoyle appeared alongside him at official events.
The reports extend beyond one disputed payment request. They include claims involving gifts, private travel and an alleged threat toward a host-country official, all of which require evidence and a fair review before any final judgment.
The most explosive allegation centers on Republican donor and businessman Eric Deters.
Deters has alleged that Guilfoyle asked him to wire $100,000 toward an American Express bill before her Senate confirmation hearing and paired that request with an offer to help him gain access inside the administration.
He told CBS News he viewed the exchange as pay-to-play. CBS reported that Deters provided screenshots that appeared to show a wire request, while sources said White House officials were told the messages were authentic.
Deters says he never sent the money.
The timing is central to his accusation. He says the request came before Guilfoyle’s Senate confirmation hearing, when she was preparing to enter government service and he wanted help reaching senior administration officials.
CBS reported that Guilfoyle’s lawyer disputed the authenticity of the text messages to The Wall Street Journal. That leaves investigators with concrete questions to answer: who sent what, when the payment was requested and whether any official access was ever promised in return.
Those are serious allegations. They are still allegations, and Guilfoyle’s legal team disputes the core story.
Her attorneys, Jesse Binnall and David M. Schwartz, say Deters is trying to repackage a private payment dispute as official misconduct.
Their account is that he still owes Guilfoyle roughly $150,000 for speaking, consulting and fundraising work performed in 2024 and early 2025 — before she became ambassador.
According to a detailed summary of their response published by ProtoThema English, the lawyers point to a $200,000 speaking agreement, partial payments and additional consulting services. They reject Deters’ quid-pro-quo characterization and say they are considering legal action to recover the alleged balance.
They also say Guilfoyle refused a separate $1 million proposal from Deters to promote one of his legal matters, a claim that cuts directly against his account of their relationship.
On the separate private-flight questions, her legal team says she received State Department guidance and followed it. The administration now has a competing documentary account to test against the messages and witness claims.
That rebuttal matters. So does the fact that President Trump has now publicly acknowledged dissatisfaction.
His tone had already begun to shift last week. When first asked about the allegations, he called the situation unfortunate and said Guilfoyle had always been nice.
UPDATE: President Trump and Marco Rubio consider FIRING US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle
TRUMP: "We're not happy."
Trump and Rubio are reportedly "extremely pissed off" at Guilfoyle's conduct — she's accused of asking a Trump donor to pay off a $100,000 credit card… pic.twitter.com/XbB85SubsT
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 12, 2026
Monday’s answer went further. President Trump did not wave the story away, attack the reporters or offer a blanket defense.
He said the administration was looking at it — and not happy.
Vice President JD Vance has taken the right position on the evidence. He warned against treating accusations as a verdict and said officials should first establish the facts and the proof.
That is the clean standard: no special treatment, no media conviction and no automatic immunity because someone is politically connected.
Guilfoyle deserves a fair review of the messages, contracts, payments and timeline. The administration deserves the truth.
The American people deserve to know whether a diplomatic office was ever mixed with a private financial dispute.
If the allegations collapse under scrutiny, the record should say so clearly. If they are substantiated, consequences should follow.
President Trump built his political brand on making personnel decisions the establishment would avoid. His five-word verdict — “Yeah, we’re not happy” — tells everyone around Guilfoyle that loyalty will not end this inquiry.
Now the documents and evidence have to decide the rest.
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