Donald Trump has stopped giving aid to countries like Pakistan, which are home to terrorists: Nikki Haley
Philadelphia:
Popular Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley has revealed that Donald Trump, shortly after winning the November 2016 US presidential election, offered her the job of secretary of state, which she politely declined.
However, Haley, 48, who at the time was the governor of South Carolina, said she could not turn down the second offer for the position of United States ambassador to the United Nations as Trump had met all the conditions that she had set to accept. the position.
Ms. Haley, who became one of the most successful American ambassadors to the UN, is now campaigning in support of Trump’s re-election bid.
“There is a stark contrast” between President Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, he said at a fireside chat event hosted by Indian Voices for Trump at the battlefield state of Philadelphia on Saturday.
“The stakes are high with this election,” he said.
Responding to a question from Indian Voices for Trump Co-Chair Dr. Merlynn Carson, Ms. Haley for the first time revealed that Trump, shortly after winning the November 2016 presidential election, offered her the position of Secretary of State. Trump sent a plane to take her to New York.
However, Haley said, she politely declined the offer, noting that she was not the right person for the position because she had no experience.
Days later, after she returned from New York, Trump through his chief of staff offered her the position of United States ambassador to the United Nations.
In response to the offer, he set three conditions: the position must be cabinet rank, the envoy must be a member of the national security council, and that she will not be a woman who is, Haley said.
To all the conditions, Trump’s response was: “Done. Now what?”, Leaving her with no choice but to accept the position, she recalled.
Haley has been one of the most successful US ambassadors to the UN, a position in which she served for nearly two years.
Haley said Trump has stopped giving aid to countries like Pakistan, which are home to terrorists.
“The relationship (of the United States) with India (under the Trump administration) has never been stronger,” he said, adding that President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are getting along very well.
Under the Trump administration, the United States is partnering with India on various issues, including defense, Haley said.
In the wake of the coronavirus, there is a much greater need for collaboration between India and the United States, he said, referring to increased cooperation between India and the United States along with Japan and Australia.
China, he said, is the main national security threat to the United States.
President Trump has “warned China,” Haley told the audience.
Trump “is not much of a politician,” “what you see, what he is,” he said when asked about the president. He referred to a conversation he had with Trump, before a speech was scheduled at the United Nations, and asked for his opinion on how to call the North Korean leader the “Rocket Man.”
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