Opinion: Nikki Haley, Donald Trump's global enabler, was no moderate

[bronxiteforever]

Opinion | Michael Knigge
DW

Nikki Haley's departure from the UN is being framed as the Trump administration losing one of its few moderate Republicans and voices of reason. Her record disproves that narrative, however, writes DW's Michael Knigge.

Put bluntly, her record is bleak...Haley, one of the earliest and most high-profile female members of Trump's Cabinet, will be remembered for what happened during her tenure: With her support, the US pulled out of the UN-backed international climate deal, the UN Security Council-backed Iran nuclear deal, the UN cultural organization UNESCO and the UN Human Rights Council.

She will be remembered for threatening other UN members via Twitter that the US "will be taking names" of nations that supported a purely symbolic resolution denouncing Washington's decision to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem...And she probably won't be, but should be remembered for the fact that during her tenure Washington ended its funding for the UN Population Fund, the body's reproductive health agency, and reinstated the so-called Global Gag Rule that prohibits the US government from funding international health groups that also advocate for abortions.

By any traditional party standard, Haley cannot be described as a moderate or mainstream Republican. She has been the leading advocate for and enabler of Trump's politics on the global stage. There is no reason the world need shed a tear about her impending departure.

https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-nikki-haley-donald-trumps-global-enabler-was-no-moderate/a-45818813

[dem4decades]

1. Thank you for reminding everyone that the cleanest pig is still a pig.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

5. I was going to say pretty much the same thing

But not nearly as eloquently as you did 🐷

[SunSeeker]

2. Exactly. Nikki Haley is an extreme right winger. She's just a better speller than Trump.

And employs common etiquette in public. But she is still a RWNJ.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[bronxiteforever]

4. Totally agree. Her undermining women's health

Is utterly unconscionable. She is a RWNJ.

[Bettie]

6. Truth

and because she acts more human-like than the rest of them she's somehow a "moderate"....she isn't, she's just wrapped in a slightly more palatable package.