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On Saturday evening, Donald Trump gave a strong signal of what his second term would be like, writing on Truth Social: “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. I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” This was an unusual move that many ascribed to Trump’s personal pique against both, but there was more to it than that.
The New York Post reported Saturday that “since winning Tuesday’s election in a landslide victory against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump and his team have been working behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago to staff the 47th president’s administration, with loyalty the primary job requirement.” Neither Haley nor Pompeo has been even close to loyal to Trump, and so that may be all there is to the kiss-off they got from the once and future president on Saturday, but the gulf between the incoming commander-in-chief and these two establishment Republicans is wider than a matter of personal loyalty.
As recently as Oct. 29, Haley, despite professing her support for Trump, criticized his campaign for being “overly masculine.” According to the Daily Beast, “Haley not only said that the bashing of Puerto Rico that occurred at Trump’s rally over the weekend was problematic, but that the campaign also ‘needs to look at how they are talking about women.’”
The “bashing of Puerto Rico” was a major Harris campaign talking point in the waning days of the campaign, as leftists once again proved that they were humorless prigs who couldn’t take even the mildest jest. Why was Haley repeating, endorsing, and amplifying a claim that the Harris campaign was using as a weapon against the candidate she supposedly supported?
Haley added: “This bromance and this masculinity stuff—it borders on edgy to the point that it’s going to make women uncomfortable. You’ve got affiliated PACs that are doing commercials about calling Kamala [Harris] the c-word, or you had speakers at Madison Square Garden referring to her and her ‘pimps.’ That is not the way to win women. That is not the way to win people who are concerned about Trump’s style.” What? Where were commercials running calling Harris “the c-word”? If such a thing existed, what network would even have run it? In any case, Trump has made clear his rejection of trans madness and the left’s related insanities. Why should he bring on board someone who shares the left’s hatred of masculinity?
That wasn’t the first time that Haley had repeated Democrat talking points. Politico reported in Aug. 2020 that Haley had claimed in her memoir to have been “deeply disturbed” when Trump said that there were “very fine people” on both sides of the Charlottesville protest, and still stood by her statements. Old Joe Biden, of course, made the lie that Trump had called National Socialists “fine people” a cornerstone of his 2020 campaign, and repeated this frequently throughout his presidency. Yet Trump in the same remarks in which he said that there had been “fine people” at the Charlottesville rally, also said: “I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different groups. But not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch.”
Thus the claim that he called Nazis “fine people” was always false, and Haley should have known that. Her tendency to endorse leftist claims without hesitation or due consideration places her in precisely the group Trump is signaling he wants to avoid this time around: Republicans who allow Democrats to set the agenda and even dictate the rules of the game, and simply raise minor objections here and there if they aren’t just rubber-stamping the whole leftist program.
As for Pompeo, the Post noted that “Republicans have also blasted him for supporting special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of Trump over the possession of alleged classified documents.” Roger Stone wrote: “If Pompeo is placed into the next Trump administration, his history shows he would promote the hegemony of the deep state rather than an authentic America First agenda.” If Stone’s assessment is correct, Trump is wise to avoid Pompeo as well as Haley. His first administration was hampered repeatedly by the presence of establishment Republicans (John Bolton, John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, et al) who didn’t share his vision. His farewell to Haley and Pompeo carries with it the promise that his second administration will chart a firmer anti-establishment, anti-deep state course. We can only hope.
Haley responded graciously Saturday evening: “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.” Great. Now, if she and her fellow establishmentarians stay out of his way, he might really have a chance to clean up the massive mess in Washington, or at least to begin the immense work of doing so.
Neocons not welcome..
Whats a neocon but some leftover antiSemtic term? All you small minded simpletons like to throw this term into every conversation. I am a Constitutional Conservative; that is all the Country needs. Follow the Constitution and you have a strong military and small government.
Niki is a warhawke like Cheney
Niki also quit on Trump when she was his ambassador to the UN – she quit after two years of a four-year term – so why would Trump nominate her for anything this time – Trump did the right thing.
Three cheers John Bolton is gone. Ding dong John Bolton is gone.
President Trump’s snake poem wouldn’t’ve applied better to anyone
than Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo – if he had let them into his new
administration.
President Trump reading the snake poem was his experience being bitten by many venomous toxic snakes in his first administration!
She is a member of WEF. No more needs to be said.
There is also a rumour that Tulsi is too so he needs to be aware of that.
I wish Trump would have picked Gen. Flynn over Tulsi for director of intelligence.
Both are working against the Trump agenda. Trust is a big thing in politics and many have given us reason not to trust them.
PLEASE VERIFY WHEN YOU QUOTE ANOTHER SOURCE – FOR I DOUBT THIS IS TRUE:
” The Post noted” that “Republicans have also blasted him for supporting special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation…”
OTHER THAN THAT DUBIOUS 3RD-PARTY CLAIM, POMPEO HAS A PRISTINE RECORD OF LOYALTY, PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION TO TRUMP AND HIS POLICIES.
Pompeo was an intelligent and excellent person, but he had just a few flaws that puts him outside an Administration that doesn’t need distractions like last time.
Pompeo, also former director of the CIA, is the one who convinced Trump not to release all of the documents of the JFK assassination. As RFK Jr. said in a recent interview: “all of the people involved with the JFK assassination are now dead. So, Pompeo is protecting the CIA by telling Trump not to release these JFK documents.”
Based on this RFK Jr statement, we can draw our own conclusions on who was involved in murdering JFK.
Trump did the right thing by keeping Pompeo out of his second administration.
THIS IS WHY POMPEO WAS REJECTED IN SUCH A MANNER:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/20/politics/mike-pompeo-nikki-haley-trump-vp
Haley was good at the UN but has a long history of repeating lefty hysterical complaints about Trump in her social media posts. That is malicious and tone deaf. I recall she addressed Republicans ( was it at CPAC, maybe?) by saying in a loud voice. “I am a brown girl in a black and white world.” It was so off message of everyone else that it seemed she had dropped in from another political party where skin color takes the day.
Skin color is over and so is Haley (unless she becomes a Democrat).
“Is it a good or bad thing?” It is good. Neither actually attempted to rid their agencies of inferior, woke, bureaucrats that have permeated the CIA & the office of UN secretary for decades. Plus, both have made caustic remarks about Trump since 2020, and Trump sees that as lacking loyalty. Trump doesn’t need people like this.
These 2 didn’t back Trump enough on the 5 major things against him.
1)Jan 6th (Trump asked for 10-20k National Guard Troops to prevent a mass riot, and he was refused
because it worked in the democrats interest to have mass riots so they can go after Trump for
insurrection and treason. Their plan failed).
2)Lawfare lawsuits by State DA’s and Judges, these were all political, and again they all failed
3)Impeachments-all failed
4)Stolen election-Why weren’t these 2 screaming from the rooftops about stolen election, they could have asked for military auditors to go into a few states and show the evidence which was infinite
5)Open border invasion, the American people reject the illegals the democrats wanted more power, why weren’t Haley and Pompeo taking a stronger stance against the invasion of our country (war).
President Trump reading the snake poem was his experience being bitten by many venomous toxic snakes in his first administration!
Interesting picture of Mike Pompeo before to what we have seen after with Pompeo’s weight loss.
Other than that Pompeo has been duplicitous at best – an eh too Brutus duplicitous back stabber and Nikki Haley a complete crazy loon Nutzie Nasty Nazzi PeeLousy style – give her power and she will be riding her supercharger broom!
President Trump is a man who is on continual intersecting learning curves and I trust we will see loyalty in his second administration, Some may have to be cut but as far as speaking out about President Trump.. being fired and paid millions to write a lying book this time around may not be the case!
Jerome Powell, head of the Fed Reserve claims he will not resign and he cannot be fired. Perhaps he can be reassigned to a broom closet?
My dad attributed his remarkable success to hiring good people. I’m happy to see that Trump has fully embraced this critical and vital strategy. No doubt he’s learned from his mistakes of the past. The Dems could benefit from a similar lesson, but I’m not holding my breath for that ever happening.
Forget those backstabbing clowns. They’re the past. What everyone should be focusing on now is keeping eyes on the RINOs who are positioning themselves to screw Trump at the first opportunity. Moreover, there can be no doubt that they will. RINOs have a history of doing that to their own.
Thanks to Trump, today’s republican party has changed. The traditional GOP establishment (e.g., RINOs, country club republicans and neocons) don’t like the fact that under Trump’s leadership, the republican party has become more inclusive and as a result has expanded.
For that, they despise Trump and are quietly biding their time until they can screw him and stab him in the back when the opportunity presents itself. It will be republican senators will do it first.
In effect, Trump dropped a big steaming turd into the punch bowl of the RINOs and neocons!
Sad situation, but neither is trustworthy. I am very disappointed in both of these people. I watch this stuff closely, and I could tell by their behaviors during the campaign that they were going to be cut loose.
Nikki Haley was speKing the truth and giving good constructive criticism..
You can take a tramp, bathe him and make him smell pretty, then put on a fine three piece wool suit and comb his newly barbered hair. But what do you have?
A tramp.
I remember when Haley first came out of hibernation up in Alaska and entered the national scene.
Somehow she graed he wrng way on me. Over time I began to realise she is a chameleon, chaing her colours and spots to suit HER perception of what was desired. I really think she is bitter about never having “made it” politically. Why, I wonder… actually no I don’t. She was never strong enough to present a consistent personna. Too much a chameleon. SHe would have made a good fireman AFTER the physical requirements were watered down to be “inclusive”. But don’t pick HER as your teammate going into that ten story apartment fire.
I have long seen her as a bitter second or third place also ran who never got off the couch enough to TRAIN to get stronger and more agile to enable her to WIN.
Trump and we NEED winners, not competitors.
Trump admin must be VERY carewful or else they’ll end up with moles and saboteures in the White House like 4 years ago.
Nikki is a huge asset! Christian and woman! We need her! A force!
Sad situation, but neither is trustworthy. I am very disappointed in both of these people. I have watched this stuff closely, and I could tell by their behaviors during the campaign that they were going to be cut loose.