Trump gives key roles to Truth Social CEO, ex-intelligence chief

US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named his social media platform CEO Devin Nunes to lead an intelligence advisory panel and said his former intelligence chief Richard Grenell would run “special missions” in places such as US adversaries Venezuela and North Korea.

“Ric will work in some of the hottest spots around the World, including Venezuela and North Korea,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Grenell previously served as acting director of national intelligence during Trump’s 2017-2021 term and was Trump’s ambassador to Germany and a special presidential envoy for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations. Nunes, who runs Trump’s Truth Social platform, will serve as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, which offers independent assessments of intelligence agencies’ effectiveness and planning.