Everything in President Donald Trump’s America may be terrible, but the spectacle surrounding his administration is also deeply, relentlessly stupid. Kimberly Guilfoyle’s tenure as ambassador to Greece has now supplied a particularly gaudy example.

Late last year, Donald Trump Jr. ended his relationship with Guilfoyle and began dating Bettina Anderson. His romance with Anderson reportedly culminated in a wedding financed by a Russian oligarch.

Guilfoyle, a former Fox News star, subsequently became ambassador to Greece. The posting offered a comfortable landing after she was sidelined by the eldest Trump son, and certainly sounded better than continuing to date Don Jr.

Yet Guilfoyle appears determined to export the Trump family style of influence and grifting across the Mediterranean. The result has been behavior that would be shocking in a normal administration but fits disturbingly well within this one.

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Guilfoyle has been bringing Christos Marafatsos into her diplomatic orbit. Marafatsos is a lobbyist for a Greek construction firm that is also expected to bring United States natural gas to Greece.

According to the report, Marafatsos has no background in lobbying or diplomacy. Even so, Guilfoyle has reportedly insisted that he be included in everything, giving him an unusually large presence around her work.

That arrangement might seem small compared with an administration where Natalie Harp, despite having no meaningful experience cited in the source, is described as effectively running things for the president. Still, the Journal report contained a far more alarming detail.

In March, Guilfoyle attended a dinner packed with United States and Greek officials. During that gathering, she became involved in an argument with Greece’s energy minister, Stavros Papastavrou.

Guilfoyle then referenced the collapse of the Romanian government while speaking to Papastavrou in front of the assembled guests. Her message was not exactly a master class in respectful diplomacy.

“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here.”

Threatening the government of the country where one serves as ambassador is terrible diplomacy. It is especially outrageous when that threat is delivered during a dinner argument before officials from both countries.

In a normal administration, such conduct could have prompted an ambassador’s return to the United States and removal from the job. Under Trump, however, the threat looks less like a disqualifying outburst and more like an extension of the administration’s swaggering approach abroad.

The administration has treated other countries less like autonomous nations and more like obstacles expected to obey Trump’s demands. Its fury extends to governments whose laws differ from those in the United States, including restrictions affecting Elon Musk’s X.

The same contemptuous posture appears in the source’s descriptions of Trump’s approach toward Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran. Guilfoyle’s dinner table threat therefore did not emerge in a vacuum, even if its bluntness was stunning.

The source describes Trump as threatening to overthrow Cuba, interfering in Venezuela, and seeking oil there. It also criticizes his approach to Iran after an attack described as an unnecessary war of opportunity.

Within that environment, Guilfoyle apparently felt comfortable telling a United States ally that its government could be brought down. Her statement presented American power as a weapon available for settling a personal dispute with a foreign minister.

Guilfoyle’s appointment was already framed as the reward given to Don Jr.’s former partner after their breakup. Now her conduct has turned that cushy diplomatic posting into another display of arrogance from an administration that treats public office as a family perk.

The absurdity is difficult to miss. A former television personality became an ambassador after splitting from the president’s son, surrounded herself with an inexperienced lobbyist, and then reportedly threatened the democracy she was assigned to engage.

That is not diplomacy. It is Trump world theater performed overseas, complete with nepotistic baggage, random operators, authoritarian bluster, and the apparent belief that other nations exist merely to absorb whatever humiliation the administration decides to deliver.