Ric Grenell, President Donald Trump’s envoy for special missions, said Thursday that he is a “hard no” on being the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, telling Newsmax, “that’s not something I want to do.”

Grenell, ambassador to Germany for two years in Trump’s first administration, joined “Greg Kelly Reports” to discuss what comes next after the White House pulled New York Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination for U.N. ambassador.

“I’m a hard no on this. This is not something that I want to do. I’ve got plenty to do. President Trump has me doing different things,” Grenell said. “It’s not someplace that I want to go to. I have been there. I care very deeply, actually, about the U.N. But, you know, Elise Stefanik, let’s just say, she would have been amazing. She is smart and passionate about world affairs. I think she would have been amazing.”

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