by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
As I write this, Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is having a sit-down with Donald Trump in the White House that is being held in front of members of the press pool. Haley is reportedly tendering her resignation, though it is still unclear whether she is doing so of her own volition or at the request Trump.
Nikki Haley is one of the few remaining members of the original Trump administration, a team that has been plagued with internal strife and turnover since its earliest days.
There are lots of rumors buzzing around the internet regarding Haley's surprise departure from the United Nations' post. My favorite is the one which says that Jeff Sessions will be out as attorney general immediately after next month's election, Lindsay Graham will replace him, and Nikki Haley will return to South Carolina to run for Graham's vacated senate seat.
Those moves would represent about an even trade for attorney general, with Graham being as much of a bitter cracker as Jeff Sessions, a minor gain for the Senate with one more woman member and the welcome departure of the increasingly nasty Graham, and likely a negative for the U.N. as John Bolton would undoubtedly assist Trump in finding someone extra-vile to fill the post who would make Nikki Haley look like a raging intellectual.
But other factors are also likely to be at play. Perhaps Nikki and her husband are tired of living in New York City, or they have something more lucrative lined up, or the resilient Ms. Haley is harboring some bigger political ambitions that might require her pulling free of the Trump orbit. Some are even suggesting that she is contemplating a White House run.
Wouldn't it be fun to see a GOP female challenger to Trump in 2020!
I won't hold my breath waiting on that to happen - and Donald Trump certainly wouldn't either!
Citizen Journalist
As I write this, Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is having a sit-down with Donald Trump in the White House that is being held in front of members of the press pool. Haley is reportedly tendering her resignation, though it is still unclear whether she is doing so of her own volition or at the request Trump.
Nikki Haley is one of the few remaining members of the original Trump administration, a team that has been plagued with internal strife and turnover since its earliest days.
There are lots of rumors buzzing around the internet regarding Haley's surprise departure from the United Nations' post. My favorite is the one which says that Jeff Sessions will be out as attorney general immediately after next month's election, Lindsay Graham will replace him, and Nikki Haley will return to South Carolina to run for Graham's vacated senate seat.
Those moves would represent about an even trade for attorney general, with Graham being as much of a bitter cracker as Jeff Sessions, a minor gain for the Senate with one more woman member and the welcome departure of the increasingly nasty Graham, and likely a negative for the U.N. as John Bolton would undoubtedly assist Trump in finding someone extra-vile to fill the post who would make Nikki Haley look like a raging intellectual.
But other factors are also likely to be at play. Perhaps Nikki and her husband are tired of living in New York City, or they have something more lucrative lined up, or the resilient Ms. Haley is harboring some bigger political ambitions that might require her pulling free of the Trump orbit. Some are even suggesting that she is contemplating a White House run.
Wouldn't it be fun to see a GOP female challenger to Trump in 2020!
I won't hold my breath waiting on that to happen - and Donald Trump certainly wouldn't either!
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