Nikki Haley Chosen as U N Ambassador
Nikki Haley Chosen as U.N. Ambassador
President-elect Donald J. Trump on
Wednesday named Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina
as his choice to become ambassador to the United Nations, adding to
his prospective cabinet a former critic with whom he had sparred bitterly.
Wednesday named Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina
as his choice to become ambassador to the United Nations, adding to
his prospective cabinet a former critic with whom he had sparred bitterly.
Ms. Haley’s name had previously been mentioned as a possible
contender to become Mr. Trump’s secretary of state, and she met with Trump
transition officials last week in New York.
contender to become Mr. Trump’s secretary of state, and she met with Trump
transition officials last week in New York.
Her selection was first reported by the The Post and Courier
newspaper in Charleston, S.C. The news of Ms. Haley’s selection came after days
of criticism of Mr. Trump’s early picks as a homogeneous bloc of older, white
men. If confirmed, Ms. Haley would step down as governor and be replaced by the
state’s lieutenant governor, Henry McMaster, who was an early and vocal
supporter of Mr. Trump.
newspaper in Charleston, S.C. The news of Ms. Haley’s selection came after days
of criticism of Mr. Trump’s early picks as a homogeneous bloc of older, white
men. If confirmed, Ms. Haley would step down as governor and be replaced by the
state’s lieutenant governor, Henry McMaster, who was an early and vocal
supporter of Mr. Trump.
Ms. Haley, 44, supported Senator Marco Rubio of Florida during
the Republican primaries, and she was a prominent and frequent critic of Mr.
Trump early in his run.
the Republican primaries, and she was a prominent and frequent critic of Mr.
Trump early in his run.
That criticism was thought to have kept her off Mr. Trump’s
list of vice-presidential candidates, although her name was mentioned in
passing before he chose Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana.
list of vice-presidential candidates, although her name was mentioned in
passing before he chose Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana.
Ms.
Haley called out Mr. Trump in January when she gave the official
Republican rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union
address, and she later took him to task for his failure to condemn
groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
Haley called out Mr. Trump in January when she gave the official
Republican rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union
address, and she later took him to task for his failure to condemn
groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
“Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in
the room to make a difference,” Ms. Haley said in the State of the Union
rebuttal. “That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down
the volume.”
the room to make a difference,” Ms. Haley said in the State of the Union
rebuttal. “That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down
the volume.”
In a follow-up interview on the “Today” show on NBC, Ms. Haley
— the daughter of immigrants from India — said, “Mr. Trump has definitely
contributed to what I think is just irresponsible talk.”
— the daughter of immigrants from India — said, “Mr. Trump has definitely
contributed to what I think is just irresponsible talk.”
Mr. Trump responded
harshly to that address, calling her “weak” on immigration and noting
that she had asked him for campaign contributions.
harshly to that address, calling her “weak” on immigration and noting
that she had asked him for campaign contributions.
“She’s very, very weak on illegal immigration,” Mr. Trump
said. “She’s very, very weak on illegal immigration. You can’t have that.”
said. “She’s very, very weak on illegal immigration. You can’t have that.”
The following month, she condemned Mr. Trump for not speaking
out against white supremacy more forcefully.
out against white supremacy more forcefully.
Ms. Haley drew on South Carolina’s experience last year with
the murder of nine African-Americans in a Charleston church, saying that was
exactly the kind of hate that Mr. Trump refused to repudiate.
the murder of nine African-Americans in a Charleston church, saying that was
exactly the kind of hate that Mr. Trump refused to repudiate.
“The K.K.K. came to South Carolina from out of state to
protest on our Statehouse grounds,” she said at a rally in Georgia. “I will not
stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the K.K.K. That is not a
part of our party. That is not who we are.”
protest on our Statehouse grounds,” she said at a rally in Georgia. “I will not
stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the K.K.K. That is not a
part of our party. That is not who we are.”
Supporters of Mr. Trump were angered that Ms. Haley called him
out, and many took to Twitter and mocked her Indian heritage, making fun of her
Indian given name. Some of that sentiment reappeared on social media once word
began circulating that Ms. Haley was likely to be chosen to be part of the
Trump administration.
out, and many took to Twitter and mocked her Indian heritage, making fun of her
Indian given name. Some of that sentiment reappeared on social media once word
began circulating that Ms. Haley was likely to be chosen to be part of the
Trump administration.
Still, in a primary season interview with CNN, Ms. Haley urged
Mr. Trump not to take her comments personally, and said that she considered him
a friend.
Mr. Trump not to take her comments personally, and said that she considered him
a friend.
“I have disagreements with other presidential candidates,” Ms. Haley said. “There’s
lots of things, but I will say tone matters, message matters and responsibility
matters.”
lots of things, but I will say tone matters, message matters and responsibility
matters.”
If nominated by Mr. Trump and confirmed by the Senate, Ms.
Haley, now in her second term as South Carolina governor, would succeed
Samantha Power, who has represented the United States at the United Nations
since 2013.
Haley, now in her second term as South Carolina governor, would succeed
Samantha Power, who has represented the United States at the United Nations
since 2013.
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