Trump taps South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for U.N. ambassador, sources say
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the first woman tapped for a top-level administration post during his transition to the White House.
That’s according to two sources familiar with Trump’s decision, who requested anonymity to discuss the decision ahead of the announcement.
Haley was an outspoken Trump critic throughout much of the presidential race. If confirmed by the Senate, she would become the first female — and first nonwhite — Cabinet-level official in the Trump administration. She’s the second Asian American to serve as a U.S. governor. Trump plans to treat the job as a Cabinet-level position, according to the sources.
Despite her misgivings about Trump, she met with the president-elect last week at Trump Tower. Afterward, Haley said they’d had a “very nice” conversation.
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