The U.S. State Department is reportedly in turmoil as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Donald Trump's envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, repeatedly clash.

President Trump’s envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, is causing tensions within the State Department as critics say his “freelancing” is damaging U.S. diplomatic negotiations and threatening national security.

Richard Grenell, US President Donald Trump’s Envoy for Special Missions, has been running around on high-profile assignments without any oversight or coordination with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Due to conflicting efforts by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Richard Grenell, the Trump administration bungled a deal that would have freed 11 U.S. citizens and green card holders detained in Venezuela, along with a number of Venezuelan political prisoners, according to a new report from The New York Times.

Last Thursday, members of the press were invited to a Gilded Age mansion in Manhattan for a presentation titled “A Trillion-Dollar Opportunity: The Global Upside of a Democratic Venezuela.” At the center of the event was María Corina Machado,