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via Jewish News Syndicate
President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo would not be part of his administration.
“I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to join the Trump Administration, which is currently in formation,” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.
“I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our country,” he added.
Haley tweeted in response, “I was proud to work with President Trump defending America at the United Nations. I wish him, and all who serve, great success in moving us forward to a stronger, safer America over the next four years.”
Pompeo has not issued a response.
Haley and Pompeo were both notable for their staunch pro-Israel stance.
Haley was widely admired by pro-Israel supporters for her efforts during her two-year term (January 2017 to December 2018) as United States Ambassador to the United Nations in Trump’s first administration.
She defended Trump’s decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal, and his halt to funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), since exposed for its links to Hamas. Haley also withdrew from the U.N. Human Rights Council over its anti-Israel bias.
As secretary of state during Trump’s first term, Pompeo declared that, “The establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not per se inconsistent with international law.”
Pompeo also supported moving the U.S. Embassy to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, from Tel Aviv.
While Haley challenged Trump in the Republican primaries, Pompeo remained a firm supporter, including supporting Trump’s 2020 claims of voter fraud following his defeat by U.S. President Joe Biden.
