You’re Hired: Donald Trump Picks Gov. Nikki Haley as Ambassador to the United Nations: http://ift.tt/2f62XiQ![South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley delivers the State of the State in the House chambers at the South Carolina Statehouse on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Columbia, S.C. Haley asked legislators Wednesday in her sixth State of the State to follow the inspirational example of the victims and survivors of last year's tragedies to make South Carolina stronger. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)]()
President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina governor Nikki Haley as his administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, according to the Charleston Post & Courier and several other sources. Haley, currently serving her second term as governor, will take the job once held by Susan Rice in the Obama administration and now held by Samantha Power. Haley, the first woman governor of South Carolina, is a rising political star in the Republican establishment and was a Trump critic during the presidential campaign. She met with Trump at Trump tower last week despite their differences expressed during the presidential campaign. The governor prominently criticized Trump during her response to Obama’s State of the Union address in January. “During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices,” Haley said. “We must resist that temptation.” Campaigning for Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign in March, she joined the chorus of Republicans who demanded that Trump release his tax returns. Trump responded on Twitter: “The people of South Carolina are embarrassed by Nikki Haley!” he wrote. By October, however, Haley admitted that she would vote for Trump, despite her reservations about his character. “This is no longer a choice for me finish reading at http://ift.tt/2folB0P
President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina governor Nikki Haley as his administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, according to the Charleston Post & Courier and several other sources. Haley, currently serving her second term as governor, will take the job once held by Susan Rice in the Obama administration and now held by Samantha Power. Haley, the first woman governor of South Carolina, is a rising political star in the Republican establishment and was a Trump critic during the presidential campaign. She met with Trump at Trump tower last week despite their differences expressed during the presidential campaign. The governor prominently criticized Trump during her response to Obama’s State of the Union address in January. “During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices,” Haley said. “We must resist that temptation.” Campaigning for Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign in March, she joined the chorus of Republicans who demanded that Trump release his tax returns. Trump responded on Twitter: “The people of South Carolina are embarrassed by Nikki Haley!” he wrote. By October, however, Haley admitted that she would vote for Trump, despite her reservations about his character. “This is no longer a choice for me finish reading at http://ift.tt/2folB0P