President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday night that he will not ask former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join his administration.
President Trump criticized Haley on his “Truth Social'' platform, saying that she beat him up when she confronted him in the race for the Republican nomination, and that some of his supporters did not support him strongly enough. Pompeo said he would not be invited to return to the White Party. Housing in January 2025.
“I have no intention of inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the current Trump administration,” Trump tweeted.
“I have greatly enjoyed and appreciated working with them and would like to thank them for their contributions to our country. Let's Make America Great Again!”
Since his landslide victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday's election, Trump and his team have been working behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago to staff the 47th president's government. and loyalty is a primary job requirement.
Ms. Haley, 52, faced off against Mr. Trump in the Republican primary, but the 3. I resigned in May.
The former United Nations ambassador lashed out at President Trump during the campaign, announcing that the 81-year-old Democrat is giving up his re-election bid and is the only person who could surpass President Biden if he publicly declares he will become the next president. claimed that she was the Republican candidate. Trump remained the Republican candidate.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed published just two days before Election Day, Ms. Haley addressed her criticisms, arguing that the future commander-in-chief is “obviously a better choice” than Ms. Harris. I tried to withdraw.
Haley, who has both publicly supported and criticized her former rival, publicly announced in August that she had no interest in working for the Trump administration, saying that “campaigning has never been about position.”
Pompeo, who served as secretary of state and CIA director during the Trump administration, has been widely criticized for remaining silent throughout the presidential election until days before Election Day.
Republicans also accuse him of supporting Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Trump's alleged possession of classified documents.
Republican strategist Roger Stone publicly warned the president-elect on his website Friday night that he cannot trust Pompeo, who was rumored to be eyeing a Cabinet seat after cheating on his own presidential bid.
“Now that Trump is back on top, it's much harder to separate the wheat from the chaff,” Stone wrote on his website.
“If Mr. Pompeo is appointed to the next Trump administration, his history shows that he will promote deep state hegemony rather than true America First policies.”
President Trump recently named his 2024 campaign co-chair Susie Wiles to be his next White House chief of staff.
