Once-rising Trump aide sidelined from Iran, Ukraine work |
Once-rising Trump aide sidelined from Iran, Ukraine work
The former top GSA procurement official, who quickly gained influence in high-level foreign policy circles, has lost favor with senior advisers and will now focus solely on Gaza through the Board of Peace.
From left, Russian President Vladimir Putin greets U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Josh Gruenbaum, the head of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow on Jan. 22, 2026. | Pool photo by Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik
Josh Gruenbaum, a former adviser to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, will no longer work with the pair on Russia-Ukraine or Iran, according to two people familiar with the matter.
On foreign policy matters, he’ll only be at the Board of Peace working on Gaza issues, the people said, stressing that the Board of Peace is an international organization that is meant to operate independently of the U.S. government.
The Trump administration is taking steps to stand up the group so that its daily work operates separately, but President Donald Trump is the chair and other senior U.S. officials are on the executive board.