WASHINGTON, may 5 – RIA Novosti. The US President Donald trump was appointed Ambassador to Belgium Ronald Gidwitz the acting U.S. representative to the EU, said Secretary of state Mike Pompeo.
Gevice Nomination as representative in the EU must be approved by the Senate.
the Secretary of state noted that gidwitz will retain the post of Ambassador to Belgium.
currently, the functions of the representative of the USA performs in the EU charge d’affaires mark Libby. In February, he was replaced by Gordon Sandland, who was among the witnesses in the process for the impeachment of the trump.
the U.S. Senate in February acquitted trump on both counts – abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Thus, the process of impeachment failed, trump remained in the office. The house of representatives in December 2019 votes only deputies-Democrats made Trump the impeachment. Democrats believe that trump put pressure on the Ukrainian authorities, trying to pursue the investigation against his political opponent Joe Biden and members of his family, and then interfered with the investigation in Congress. Trump denies the charges.
