Richard Grenell, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, delivers remarks on June 15, 2018, in Kiel, Germany, for Kiel Week. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Stumberg/Released)
Following President Donald Trump's decision to appoint U.S. Ambassador to Germany and far-right political loyalist Richard Grenell as acting Director of National Intelligence, experts expressed their horror at yet another erosion of federal institutions in favor of the president's cult of personality:
