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Pierre Abi-Saab, a journalist at the Hizbullah-affiliated Al-Akhbar newspaper, described President Trump's new Deputy Envoy to the Middle East, Morgan Ortagus, as a "Trump prototype" — insolent, stoned, and clueless — during a February 7, 2025 appearance on Al-Manar TV (Hizbullah-Lebanon). He further claimed that Ortagus is even more of a Zionist than Biden's envoy Amos Hochstein. Abi-Saab criticized her role, stating that she is merely the assistant envoy, yet still managed to "step all over" the Lebanese President with her stiletto heels.
Pierre Abi-Saab: "America has been protecting the Israeli enemy for a long time.
"Hochstein was not less of a Zionist than [Morgan Ortagus]. On the contrary, he had served in the Israeli army, but he knew how to be diplomatic. He was a bit more canny. Now they brought you some stoned woman... You've said it right. She is the Trump prototype – insolent, stoned, and clueless.
"She has this cowboy mentality... She is not even the U.S. President's envoy to the Middle East, just his deputy. At the presidential palace, the sacred center of Lebanese sovereignty and democracy, she just says whatever comes to her mind. With her stilettos, she steps all over the President, right from the start.
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"This stupid woman comes along... I told you, she is the assistant to the envoy of the U.S. President, yet she thinks that with her stilettos, she can step all over our sovereignty and our President."
