The EU-US Forum Founding Board Member and former Trump Administration Official Matt Mowers and EU-US Forum Board Member and former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Joseph Grogan, released the following statement in response to Donald Trump selecting Representative Elise Stefanik’s (NY-21) to serve as the Ambassador to the United Nations.
“President Trump made an excellent choice by tapping Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as our next Ambassador to the United Nations, and the EU-US Forum is ecstatic for the much-needed change in leadership she will bring to the role. She is a strong, vocal, battle-tested public servant who will work tirelessly to assure the United States reasserts its leadership on the world stage.
This is just one of the first of many steps from President Trump that will restore the much-needed strength and leadership of the West.
Congratulations, Rep. Stefanik!”
BACKGROUND:
- The EU-US Forum is led by multiple former Trump administration officials. Matt Mowers, former Senior White House Advisor at the U.S. Department of State, serves as the Founding Board Member, and Joseph Grogan, former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, serves as a Board Member.
- In its inaugural year, the EU-US Forum has held four events: Three in the EU (Rome, Paris, and Vienna) and one in Washington, D.C., in addition to joining Warsaw Enterprise Institute and Heritage Foundation’s “Future of Europe” conference in Warsaw and CPAC Hungary. The events brought awareness to the EU’s radical left-wing ideas that need to be stopped from expanding from Europe to the United States.
- Ahead of the EU elections last July, the EU-US Forum ran a $750,000 paid media campaign across Europe with ads in Hungary, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy. Messages of the ads included:
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- “Too many taxes. Too much environmental regulation. Free Germany from these economic shackles. Demand change at the EU.”
- “EU immigration policies are making you less safe.”
- “Demand free speech. Demand change at the EU.”
- Ahead of the elections, The EU-US Forum released polling in May predicting the rightward swing due to EU citizens becoming increasingly concerned with illegal immigration, the cost of living, high taxes, excessive regulations, and government censorship. The EU-US Forum polling results suggested EU citizens are increasingly looking for conservative policy solutions and that conservatives would make major gains in the elections.