United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is stepped down from her post “at the end of the year,” President Trump announced Tuesday.
Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, discussed her exit with the President last week, Trump, in a joint Oval Office appearance, called Haley a “very special” person, adding that she told him six months ago that she might want to take some time off.
Trump said that together, they had “solved a lot of problems.”
Axios first reported that the President had accepted Haley’s resignation.
The 46-year-old, a rising star in the Republican party before joining the Trump administration, has openly clashed with the President and even contradicted him on more than one occasion.
Haley was appointed to the UN post in November 2016 and
coordinated Trump's second trip to the body’s
Before joining the Trump team, Haley said during the 2016 campaign that she was “not a fan” of the reality TV star.
Trump, in turn, tweeted at the time that “the people of
As ambassador to the UN, Haley has been a staunch supporter of the President’s rough and tumble stances on foreign policy. On her very first day at the international body, she warned “those that don’t have our back, we’re taking names.”
She oversaw the
Late last year, Haley announced the
The
Haley has also backed Trump’s efforts to cut off funds for
the UN organization that aid Palestinians, echoed his attacks on
She has also had her disagreements with the President,
saying she had a “personal conversation” with Trump about his response to white
supremacist violence in
In April, White House aides openly criticized Haley for discussing
sanctions against
Haley voiced her displeasure with the White House’s handling of the situation after economic aide Larry Kudlow suggested that she had “momentary confusion” over the issue.
“With all due respect, I don’t get confused,” Haley responded in a statement.