The reason Nikki Haley ever ran for office is Hillary Clinton

Pivoting to Trump, she added: “I will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the KKK, that is not a part of our party, that is not who we want as president, we will not allow that in our country”.

“She worked hard for SC, and I think she’ll work with the same honor and distinction she did in this state for the country”, Herbkersman said.”I’m sure we’ll see Gov. Haley succeed”, Erickson said. As governor of SC, she’s been an outspoken opponent of white supremacists, a proponent of immigration, including properly vetted Muslim refugees.

At the time, McMaster said, the Trump transition team contacted him as well to gauge his interest in being the US attorney general.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said “an announcement is forthcoming” on his role, which would make him the first black choice possibly as secretary of Housing and Urban Development but he also suggested he’d be thinking about it over the Thanksgiving holiday. “He asked him to consider HUD”.

Washington is the largest funder of the 193-member United Nations, paying more than a quarter of the $8 billion peacekeeping budget and 22 percent of the several billion dollar regular budget. Although Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have praised each other, saying they want to improve relations, few foreign policy experts believe Moscow will ultimately end its opposition to USA policy. “By selecting a fellow billionaire who has been so openly hostile to hardworking teachers and public school employees, this should send a strong message to every parent in America that Donald Trump isn’t on the side of working families, and has no interest in improving education for America’s students”. I will say, The Times is, it’s a great, great American jewel.

Bad blood between Trump and his new Cabinet selections had been evident through much of this year’s campaign.

Haley’s husband, Michael, was deployed for almost a year in Afghanistan with the South Carolina National Guard in 2013, said the Post and Courier, which first reported Haley’s appointment. The flag was carried by pro-slavery Confederate forces during the Civil War and is viewed by many as a racist emblem.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Haley as USA ambassador to the United Nations, the first woman tapped for a top-level administration post during his White House transition so far.

While not mentioning Israel by name, Haley said that were the GOP to control the White House, “we would make worldwide agreements that were celebrated in Israel and protested in Iran, not the other way around”.

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Haley will have a permanent veto power on the UN Security Council. Among other candidates for that top diplomatic post: Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Sen.

While Haley is not known for having significant foreign policy experience, Congressman Sean Duffy, R-Wis., told CNN that is not a major concern.

Under her leadership, SC became one of the first two states to enact legislation outlawing the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel (the other was Illinois).

But the newly minted president-elect, who will be inaugurated in January, invited her for a meeting last week at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

During the election primaries, Haley had endorsed Sen. “We must resist that temptation”.

Haley supported Marco Rubio during the primary campaign before throwing her support to Trump.

Trump returned the favor, tweeting on March 1: “The people of SC are embarrassed by Nikki Haley!”.

Davis said the president-elect’s choice managed to both elevate a competent female governor to a national position, while also elevating Republican Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, an early Trump supporter.

“The status quo in education is not acceptable”, she said in a statement Wednesday.