President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that Nikki Haley — who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in his first term, and then ran against him for the Republican nomination this cycle — has been tapped to join his administration. Will not be invited.
He also said that Mike Pompeo, who was both secretary of state and CIA director in Trump's first term, would not rejoin his Cabinet.
“I will not invite former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the Trump administration that is currently being formed,” Trump said. wrote“I greatly enjoyed and appreciated working with him before, and want to thank him for his service to our country.”
This comes after two sources familiar with the process told CBS News That 60-year-old Pompeo was being discussed as a possible contender for Defense Secretary.
Haley, 52, a former governor of South Carolina, ran for the Republican nomination in 2016, but dropped out after she endorsed Florida Senator Marco Rubio.
However, Trump still chose him as his United Nations ambassador, a post he held until Sudden resignation in 2018At the time, Trump praised her, saying that she was “very special” to him and that she might return to his administration in the future, adding, “You can take your pick.”
Haley did not run for president in 2020, but she did run against her former boss in 2024. He suspended his campaign The last major Republican challenger in the field to do so, since Super Tuesday in March.
But this did not happen until more than two months later, he gave an address At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July, he endorsed Trump.
At the time, he said Trump had asked him to speak to “show unity.”
in one Interview “I don't agree with Trump 100% of the time,” Haley told Margaret Brennan on CBS News' “Face the Nation” in September.
“I don't have to like them or agree with them 100% to know that life for Americans would be better under policies where we had strong immigration, where we had law and order, where we had an economy where “We can look at opportunities where our national security is strong.”
Pompeo, who also supported Trump at the RNC, served all four years First the Trump administration. He chose Will not fight against Trump in 2024.
Trump on Friday announced He selected his campaign co-chair Susie Wills as his White House Chief of Staff, making her the first woman in history to hold that position. This was his first major decision in White House staffing after winning the presidency by defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.
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