Trump’s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley resigns
Washington– The President Donald Trump announced today that US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has resigned and will leave her post by the end of the year.
Sitting side-by-side in the Oval Office, Trump praised Haley as a “fantastic person” who has “done an incredible job” and said he would gladly welcome her back into his administration down the line.
“She’s done a fantastic job and we’ve done a fantastic job together. We’ve solved a lot of problems and we’re in the process of solving a lot of problems,” Trump said via statement.
“She told me probably six months ago, ‘You know maybe at end of the year — at the end of the two year period — but by the end of the year I want to take a little time off, I want to take a break,'” he added.
Among the names floated as possible replacements for Haley are: Trump’s former deputy national security adviser Dina Powell, US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell and senior adviser and daughter of the President Ivanka Trump.
“We actually have many names,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn hours after the announcement.
While speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, Trump said he is considering “numerous people” including Powell, that Ivanka Trump laughed Tuesday morning when she heard about the speculation that she would replace Haley.
However, Trump later told reporters that his daughter would be “incredible” as US Ambassador to the United Nations, but said he would be “accused of nepotism” if he appointed her to succeed Haley.
Nikki Haley called serving as UN ambassador “an honor of a lifetime.” Haley was the first female governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American, after Bobby Jindal, to serve as a governor in the United States.
Great to have my friend @nikkihaley stop by after her announcement today. We wish her and her family every blessing in the years ahead. pic.twitter.com/4QeetGsmY9
— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@VP45) October 9, 2018
