President-elect Donald Trump sent a very clear message Saturday about how he will put together a Cabinet. In a message on Truth Social, Trump ruled out any role for former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
I will not invite former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the Trump administration, which is currently being formed. I have really enjoyed and appreciated working with them so far and would like to thank them for their services…
— Trump posts on 𝕏 (@trump_repost) November 9, 2024
I will not invite former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the Trump administration, which is currently being formed. I have greatly enjoyed and valued working with them so far and would like to thank them for their service to our country. Make America Great Again!
There have been rumors that both Pompeo and Haley were finalists for Cabinet positions, and Trump’s move to remove them from the list bodes well for his fresh administration.
While I think Haley and Pompeo are talented and have done an excellent job in Trump 1.0, there is no doubt that they both have their sights set on the White House. At the same time, there are earnest doubts that they agree philosophically with President Trump on foreign policy or have the humility to serve him loyally when they disagree. In my opinion, Pompeo was one of those appointees in the first Trump administration, along the lines of John Kelly, James Mattis, and Rex Tillerson, who saw themselves as the adults in the room, tasked with remaining impulsive and not very-brighter Trump from breaking too many things. Last time, Pompeo used his role as CIA director to do just that Block key Michael Flynn helper barred from serving on the National Security Council.
I think Haley and Pompeo’s first allegiance will be to protect their personal brands from a future presidential run. They are likely to leak and, in their opinion, tardy Trump policies will hurt their personal political chances.
I was never a fan of the “Team of Rivals” bulls*** either. When key subordinates dislike each other and this affects their ability to work cooperatively, the entire organization suffers. In his upcoming memoir, Pompeo reportedly accuses Haley of trying to pressure Mike Pence Discount on the 2020 ticket.
Former Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo claims in his upcoming memoir that former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley plotted with her President Donald TrumpHis daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner are trying to become Trump’s vice president, according to an excerpt from the book obtained by CNN.
Pompeo makes several attacks on potential Republican rivals in 2024, including Haley and the former national security adviser, in his book “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love.” John Boltonas the former Kansas congressman and CIA director fuels speculation about his own presidential ambitions.
Pompeo writes that John Kelly, Trump’s then-chief of staff, told him that Haley had scheduled a meeting with the president to discuss what she said was a personal matter and then came to the meeting in the Oval Office with Kushner and Ivanka Trump. who served as senior White House advisers.
“As far as Kelly could tell, they were presenting a possible ‘Haley as vice president’ option. I can’t confirm this, but he was sure he had been played and wasn’t happy about it. “This visit clearly did not reflect a team effort but undermined our work for America,” Pompeo writes in his book.
Haley responded with a phone call Pompeo a liar.
Nikki Haley said former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claim That she planned to replace Mike Pence as Donald Trump’s vice president was “lies and gossip to sell a book.”
Over the next four years, Trump will face one of the most arduous foreign policy environments since the early days of the Cold War. The environment did not arise organically; It was created by the weakness and stupidity of Joe Biden and his national security team. To overcome these challenges, Trump needs a team that will be committed to him and implement his policies. He doesn’t need pompous divas trying to get their turn in the White House or burnish their image. Neither Mike Pompeo nor Nikki Haley, regardless of their virtues, fit comfortably into this operating environment.
