Scoop: Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

President Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation as UN Ambassador, according to two sources briefed on their conversation. The timing of her departure is still unclear.

What we're hearing: Haley discussed her resignation with Trump last week when she visited him at the White House, these sources said. Her news shocked a number of senior foreign policy officials in the Trump administration.

Background: Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, was easily confirmed four days after President Trump's inauguration in 2017.

She has overseen Trump's shift in dealing with the UN, including the U.S. exit from the UN Human Rights Council, which Haley called the organization's "greatest failure."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-nikki-haley-resignation-d25b64a9-264e-483a-a79b-ae8a48e367db.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100

[Fullduplexxx]

1. She didnt belong there anyway

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Neither will her replacement, I'm sure. Ugh -- hope it's not Wally Walrus. nt

[oberliner]

45. Is that Bolton?

[HuskyOffset]

49. Bolton is Yosemite Sam (NT)

[mobeau69]

2. CNN is covering it now.

Good for her.

[Aristus]

4. Good for us.

The last thing we need in the UN is someone who hates the UN.

[dhol82]

21. Bet he puts Bolton back in.

[Bradical79]

22. That's what we'll get regardless

I see this one as a wash.

[Maggiemayhem]

63. There was speculation that she was the one writing exposes on Trumps White House.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. she will never be able to wash off the stench of trump

[Jakes Progress]

48. +100 Never.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

56. No sympathy for her whatsoever tho nt

[Haynx]

6. She didn't like Putin

Trump was probably displeased by this.

[niyad]

37. welcome to du

[Tripper11]

7. She got a better offer from Faux News

Just like everyone else in that insipid administration!

[watoos]

31. Nope, not how I see it.

Lindsey Graham gets the Attorney General gig, and Nikki takes Lindsey's place as Senator from S.C.

[rurallib]

40. Agree - plus someone on TV said Ivanka to the UN

[Laura PourMeADrink]

57. Yup...maybe he thinks a prerequisite is fashion

Background! Isn't that what Haley had?

[Scarsdale]

71. Is there no end to the blatant

stupidity of the tRumps? Ivanka as US rep at the UN? With her vast knowledge of world affairs (mainly her daddy's) she will do what daddy will call "a beautiful, wonderful job" The frozen faced Ivanka looks like one of those blow-up sex dolls. Whenever I see her I have to laugh, remembering the scene on "Night Court" when Dan Fielding's briefcase burst open and one of those blow up dolls emerged. The whole courtroom was mesmerized. Looked just like Botox Ivanka.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

72. Wow...night court!! Loved that show. To #fatnixon,

UN role just a fluff position...he puts unqualifieds in. He can be the puppetmaster (after someone tells him what to tell them what to say). Ivanka is actually probably perfect the more I think about it. Makes his daughter happy and gets her off his back

[Scarsdale]

74. Off his back?

More like "off his lap". She is aging out of THAT position.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

76. You are on a roll tonight, Scarsdale! Keep em coming!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

73. Btw, people like trump, Palin, Haley really scare me

Because they don't know what they don't know. Palin didn't have the self awareness to know she wasn't qualified to be VP.

[Scarsdale]

75. Starting with tRump,

who IS qualified in this administration? We just got an out of control drunken sex offender on the SC. tRump is not only a serial sex offender, but he is stupid as well. He surrounds himself with people who seem to know even less than he does.

[getagrip_already]

8. she is preparing to run for pres in 2020.....

It's been reported already, so this makes sense.

The "leaked" story goes that she is singularly positioned to challenge trump for the nomination. She has supported him, but hasn't wed herself to his usual toxic positions.

Plus she is a "she". It's really the only chance the gop has to not get further slaughtered in 2020. If trump is at the top of the ticket, we could get veto proof majorities as well as the wh.

The real question is will they be able to convince (bribe) him not to run. The only way they can do that is with a pardon. It couldn't be pence. It has to be someone that couldn't be linked to russia or his other crimes in order to avoid the charge of corrupt intent. SCOTUS wouldn't overturn a pardon, but it would be messy.

[LonePirate]

9. The racist Republican base only supports 45. No other candidate stands a chance.

[getagrip_already]

26. only if he runs....

If they offer him enough cash and freedom, he will step aside. But I agree, if he wants the nomination, he will get it.

[olegramps]

30. He has turned the presidency into a money machine. Why would he give that up? Greed rules.

[getagrip_already]

34. even he has to know....

he has zero chance to win in 2020. He would more likely try to suspend the election than risk losing.

His ego can't take losing. He won't allow it to happen. But he does have a history of bowing out and running away. If he can take enough of others peoples money with him.

[jalan48]

14. She's building a resume to run on. VP could be her landing spot.

[CincyDem]

51. Kasich/Haley. He ain't done yet and she could be good for him among women voters.

[vsrazdem]

17. ? But I sure would like to see her primary Lindsey Graham for the senate in 2020

[Jakes Progress]

53. Already in the works.

See the post above. Her leaving to run for the vacated Senate seat when trump appoints lg to Attorney General after firing the current asshole. graham's raving behavior was his application for the position. trump likes people who yell and act like baboons. That's why bolton will get the UN job.

Yes. haley is as woman. Yes, she is a minority. But she is still a trump supporting asshole. Don't fall for the smile. A woman who grins while her man (trump) misbehaves is exactly what republicans like. And haley knows it.

[Bradical79]

23. She's a woman

I don't see the base they've cultivated picking her over Trump.

[getagrip_already]

24. they love imagery.....

and they want the woman's vote back. there are probably a lot of angry gop woman voters who would go back if a woman was at the top of the ticket. a lot of indies as well. heck, even some dem women might vote for her.

[Turbineguy]

55. Maybe she could disguise herself.

She could wear a pants suit and put on a fake mustache. The base could buy that.

Or she could claim she rapes men. That would show the republicans as balanced.

[vlyons]

27. They might let her run for VP

But they will never give her the POTUS nomination. She's a woman of color.

[getagrip_already]

28. nikki haley is considered white in the gop community.....

yes, her family is from india and she is/was? a sikh,

But that would be a surprise to most in the gop, and they likely wouldn't care. Her skin is passable, and thats all they care about.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

60. Her original name was Nimrata Randhawa.

Were it not for the childhood nickname "Nikki", and the change of her last name, well, I'm not sure what. People would see her very differently were she Nimrata Randhawa. Especially Republicans.

It's like the experiments that have been done many times where college or employment applications are filled out with identical information except for the name. One obviously male, one obviously female. Or one obvious "white" and another obviously African American. Not sure if the experiment had done with other ethnic names. I shouldn't have to tell you that the white male names get the job, the interview, the admission offer far more than any other name. Again, with identical information, work history, references, and so on.

I find it scary that Haley buys into all the racist, sexist, misogynist Republican rhetoric. I often wonder how she sleeps at night. Or, come to think of it, how any sensible woman who buys into the Republican b.s. sleeps at night. Or how any gay person can possibly vote Republican. The phrase "cognitive dissonance" comes to mind.

She is not resigning from the U.N. because of any high moral stand. Nope. She obviously thinks she's got another great addition to her CV and will move on to the next thing. I wouldn't be at all surprised if she runs for President, but I find it very hard to imagine that any Republican at all will primary Trump. Sitting Presidents are rarely challenged in the primaries, although when they are, it often results in defeat for that incumbent in the general election.

[raccoon]

66. THANK YOU. Remember how those idiots used to say Obama must be a Muslim?

"Nimrata" sounds like a Muslim name

[Thekaspervote]

70. NPR pundits hinted that she had her eyes on the presidency or vp 2020

So... dotard gets rid of pence and they put Haley in there. They have their token fe candidate to soften their image.. sickening thought!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

58. Horrible thought. We need her like a hole in the head

[RhodeIslandOne]

65. She will lose, big time

The Republican party is done with any sort of "moderate", anyone "polite" and especially women.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. She heard there's free beer somewhere in Washington

[turbinetree]

11. They can have keggers now, they even have someone that can buy one and have a party

he may not remember what he did the night before but he knows it is a big marble building with some words on it that don't mean a thing now.......................

1 First St NE, Washington, DC 20543
Supreme Court of the United States, Address

[Leith]

12. Even for Haley, Lying for Trump about His UN Speech

was too much. She was on Faux Noise claiming that the UN members laughed because they love chumpy and find his honesty refreshing. Even for a rethug, enough has got to be enough.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. NYT link (by guess who)

Nikki Haley Resigns as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

By Maggie Haberman

Oct. 9, 2018

President Trump‘s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, has resigned, leaving the White House with one less moderate Republican voice on his cabinet’s foreign policy team.

Ms. Haley, a former governor of South Carolina, had been an early and frequent critic of Mr. Trump, so when he named her the envoy to the world body weeks after his election in November 2016, the appointment was seen as an olive branch.

The daughter of immigrants from India, Ms. Haley favored free markets and global trade and earned international attention for speaking out against the Confederate battle flag in the aftermath of the 2015 massacre at a black church in Charleston. During Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign, she sharply criticized his demeanor and warned what it might mean for American diplomacy — even suggesting that his tendency to lash out at critics could cause a world war.

In a January 2016 response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, she warned against following “the siren call of the angriest voices,” a clear rebuke of Mr. Trump.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/us/politics/nikki-haley-united-nations.html

[malthaussen]

15. Poised to run in 2020, presumably.

I doubt her gag reflex has been triggered, but let's be charitable.

Then again, why? She's as big a bastard as anyone else in that party.

-- Mal

[DeminPennswoods]

16. Luckily Lindsey Graham has been auditioning for the next

Trump admin vacancy.

[DemoTex]

35. An Haley will gladly take Graham's Senate seat ..

Although Graham said yesterday that he has "zero" interest in a position on Trump's cabinet. But watch what Graham does, not what he says. And if Graham vacates his Senate seat, watch for Gov. McMaster (he was, after all, Gov. Haley's Lt. Gov.) to appoint Haley to serve out Lindsey's term (and run for re-election in 2020).

[PRETZEL]

46. In some weird sense, I think it sort of makes sense

Graham can stay as Trump's mouthpiece in the public without reprisal. He's safe for as long as he wants to stay as a Senator. Why would he want to take a position that may only last 2 years? He'll easily be confirmed if he did take the AG job but at that point, Trump loses an ally that is outside the administration.

And for what it's worth, my opinion on why she's leaving could be two fold. One, she's basically burned out. It's not all that uncommon for Cabinet level positions to leave mid term.

or

Maybe the travel scandal is the tip of the iceberg?

[a kennedy]

18. This is interesting......

A watchdog organization is calling for an investigation into seven private flights taken by United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley that were paid for by South Carolina business executives.

The 2017 flights, which Haley listed on her public financial disclosure report this year, were between New York, Washington and three cities in her home state of South Carolina, where she was governor before joining the Trump administration. The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington said the flights were likely worth about $24,000 and should be investigated by the State Department’s inspector general.

“By accepting gifts of luxury private flights, Ambassador Haley seems to be falling in line with other Trump administration officials who are reaping personal benefits from their public positions,” Noah Bookbinder, executive director of the group, said in a statement. “Our ethics laws are clearly written to prevent even the appearance of corruption and improper influence.”


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/watchdog-group-calls-for-probe-of-gift-flights-for-nikki-haley_us_5bbc3517e4b0876edaa12d30

[True_Blue]

38. Very interesting!

I wonder if that had anything to do with her decision?

[FakeNoose]

64. Compared to Scott Pruitt, Wilbur Ross and others this is really small potatoes

I can't believe something like this would cost Haley her job, when "ethics" is already in the toilet anyway.
If she were a Democrat, you can bet she'd be toast by now. But the GOP won't bat an eye over free trips.

It seems she'll make her next move obvious after November, for now we just have to wait.

[James48]

19. Post Curiour report this morning- Haley cited for private jet flights.

Anybody wonder if this had anything to do with it?

Watchdog wants investigation of Nikki Haley’s private jet flights to SC

By Andy Shain [email protected] Oct 8, 2018


COLUMBIA — A federal government watchdog asked the State Department on Monday to investigate whether U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley broke any regulations by accepting seven flights on private jets from three South Carolina executives last year.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, also questioned how Haley values the flights on “luxury private aircraft,” most of which also included her husband, Michael.

The former South Carolina governor based the cost on first-class commercial airline tickets for the flights from New York to three South Carolina cities. Her total was $3,219.

But the four flights Haley took on a plane belonging to Jimmy Gibbs, chief executive of Gibbs International in Spartanburg, were alone worth up to $24,000 based on publicly reported operating costs of a private jet, CREW said.

“Ambassador Haley should have been conscious of the appearance concerns surrounding her acceptance of gifts of private luxury air travel at a time when her colleagues in the administration were making news with their own lavish air travel,” CREW wrote.

More:

https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/watchdog-wants-investigation-of-nikki-haley-s-private-jet-flights/article_d32bcbb0-cb2e-11e8-8c2a-076e4f7ad7a1.html

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. Nikki Haley wiped her Twitter of Trump faster than you can say "she's running"

Nikki Haley wiped her Twitter of Trump faster than you can say "she's running"

Link to tweet

[vlyons]

25. mene mene tekel upharsin

Maybe she sees the handwriting on the wall?

mene mene tekel upharsin (google it)

[mikeysnot]

29. Session fired after mid-terms

graham to AG and Haley back as a Senator in SC to run for 2020.

Let me check process on the gov of sc replacement S seats.

[watoos]

32. Didn't see your post

I also posted the same thing, it is pretty obvious.

[djacq]

33. The Orange Distractor strikes again.

Watching MSNBC;

Nobody’s talking about Kavanaugh.
Nobody’s talking about protestors.
Nobody’s talking about Trump’s tax crimes.
Nobody’s talking about Taylor Swift.
Nobody’s talking about the midterms.
Nobody’s talking about N Korea’s not denuke.

Just one big distraction to change the news cycle.

[watoos]

36. There doesn't have to be a distraction

the M$M is complicit. The news about Trump's corrupt tax frauds and money laundering should be the #1 news for months. It is already gone. It isn't just AM radio and Fox, CNN and msnbc also push the same narrative.

[Kaleva]

44. Don't let yourself be distracted then.

Many of us get our news right here at DU where all those topics are being discussed with links to news articles pertaining to them.

[niyad]

39. so the orange sexual predator in chief will appoint another ignorant waste of oxygen in her place.

[watoos]

41. Would you be surprised if it were Steven Miller?

Um, maybe Trump needs Miller to write his racist speeches.

[niyad]

42. nothing that traitorous thug does would surprise me.

[iluvtennis]

43. Interesting this comes just 2 weeks after the UN folks laughed at Trump. And implicitly at her.

Wow, didn't particularly like her working style, but she was acceptable.

[Buckeyeblue]

47. Introducing Ambassador Sessions

No one has to be fired. The new AG will be....Ted Cruz (after Nov elections, win or lose).

[More_Cowbell]

50. Ivanka Trump has started following DOD accounts

According to @Trumpsalert, retweeted here:

Link to tweet

In addition, according to this account, Trump said that Haley had made the UN job "glamorous."

Could Ivanka possibly think she could be the ambassador to the UN?

[Samspadesnark]

67. So, then

They could use the UN to strengthen global mob ties and protect global mob activities, and just keep everything in the family. Sounds about right, sounds just about what they all think the UN should be doing – instead of what its charter dictates (human rights, climate protection, the advancement of women, the protection of children, the promotion of world peace, the sanctioning of dictators).

After all, the mob is in trouble due to stepped-up criminal law enforcement, and the international spooks are concerned now that China has kidnapped the head of Interpol. So yeah, I could, in my more sinister moments, see this being the grand hope and design. And as an international diplomat, would Ivanka have the protections of diplomatic immunity to protect her in case she were, er, caught in any uncomfortable situation?

/sarcasm, total sarcasm/

And why is Ivanka following DOD accounts, anyway???? Is she the administration's eyes and ears behind the 'get rid of Mattis' movement? Disclosure: Mattis is the only person on the cabinet whom I trust (to not undermine the republic).

[NCjack]

52. Little Nikki doesn't have the gravitas for an elective federal office.

The best she can hope for is being appointed by South Carolina (by the governor?) to replace Hysterical Lindsey IF he is elevated by the "netted stinkhorn" (#45) to be the Attorney General.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

62. Exactly. Didn't for UN either

[Renew Deal]

54. Is she running?

[oldtime dfl_er]

59. Which one is going to replace her?

Jared or Ivanka?

[The empressof all]

61. ROFL....Shes banking on people forgetting

She will do a few quiet fund raisers for Trump but will lay low for a few years hoping that the Trump taint will stink less. She will run for President in 2024 as someone with a kinder approach to Republicanism. There are many who will fall for her playing both sides. It's a Republican tradition. I do think the Lindsey Graham switcheroo theory is interesting though. Graham has always wanted to play on the international stage, so it wouldn't surprise me.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

68. Rachael: "We're going need a bigger wall."

[berlin_expat]

69. New senator from SC?

Trump meets with Rosenstein. Rumors of Lindsey Graham new DoJ Secretary which would leave a Senate seat vacancy in SC.
Nikki Haley former SC Governer resigns as UN Ambassador. Rumor Trump will fire Sessions after midterms. Hmmmmmmm!

[More_Cowbell]

77. Just saw Haley call herself "such a lucky girl"

to have served. What woman calls herself a "girl?" Can you imagine a man calling himself "such a lucky boy" in a similar situation?