Donald Trump has stopped giving aid to countries like Pakistan, which harbor terrorists: Nikki Haley
Philadelphia Cream:
Popular Indo-American Republican politician Nikki Haley has revealed that Donald Trump, shortly after winning the US presidential election in November 2016, offered her the post of secretary of state, which she politely declined.
However, Haley, 48, who was then governor of South Carolina, said she could not refuse the second offer of the post of US ambassador to the United Nations because Trump had fulfilled all the conditions she wanted. was set to accept. the position.
Ms Haley, who has become one of America’s most successful ambassadors to the UN, is now campaigning to support Trump’s candidacy for re-election.
“There is a stark contrast” between President Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, she said during a fireside chat hosted by Indian Voices for Trump in Battlefield State of Philadelphia Saturday.
“There is a lot at stake with this election,” she said.
Responding to a question from Dr. Merlynn Carson, co-chair of Indian Voices for Trump, Ms. Haley, for the first time, revealed that Trump, shortly after winning the November 2016 presidential election, offered her the post of secretary of state. Trump sent a plane to fly her to New York.
However, Ms Haley said, she politely declined the offer, noting that she was not the right fit for the job as she had no experience.
A few days later, after his return from New York, Trump, through his chief of staff, offered him the post of US ambassador to the United Nations.
In response to the offer, she made three conditions – the post should be ministerial, the envoy should be a member of the National Security Council, and she should not be a yes woman, Haley said.
Under all conditions, Trump’s response was, “It’s done. So what?” Leaving him no choice but to take the job, she recalled.
Haley was one of America’s most successful ambassadors to the United Nations, a post she held for almost two years.
Ms Haley said Trump has stopped providing aid to countries like Pakistan, which harbor terrorists.
“The relationship (of the United States) with India (under the Trump administration) has never been stronger,” she said, adding that President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi got along very good.
Under the Trump administration, the United States is joining India on a variety of issues, including defense, Haley said.
In the aftermath of the coronavirus, there is a much greater need for collaboration between India and the United States, she said, referring to increased cooperation between India and the United States with Japan. and Australia.
China, she said, is the main threat to US national security.
President Trump “warned China,” Haley told the audience.
Trump is “not really a politician,” “what you see, what he is,” she said when asked about the president. She referred to a conversation she had with Trump, before he was scheduled for a speech at the United Nations, and asked for his opinion on calling the North Korean leader the “Rocket Man.”
