President Donald Trump said Monday there might be 30 people interested in the United Nations ambassador post that opened up last week, including David Friedman and Ric Grenell, both ambassadors in his first administration.

Trump made the comments to reporters in the Oval Office, days after the White House pulled the nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., due to the razor-thin majority that Republicans have in the House.

“We have a lot of people that have asked about it, and would like to do it — [former Israel Ambassador] David Friedman, [former Germany Ambassador] Ric Grenell and maybe 30 other people,” Trump said. “Everyone loves that position. That’s a star-making position. And so we’ll see what happens.”

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