Republicans and Democrats grilled Amer Ghalib, the Trump administration’s nominee to be ambassador to Kuwait, over his views about Israel, Jews and the Middle East.
Republican and Democratic senators slammed the Trump administration’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Kuwait on Thursday over his social media history regarding Jews and the Holocaust, his kind words about former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his record as mayor of Hamtramck, Mich.
A Yemeni-born, former Democrat who campaigned for U.S. President Donald Trump in 2024, Amer Ghalib faced repeated questions about whether he supports Israel’s existence as a Jewish state at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“Do you agree or do you disagree with President Trump’s view that Israel is and should be the national home of the Jewish people?” said Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.). “Just say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’”