President-elect Donald Trump speaks all through an election evening time event on the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024.
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President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo isn’t going to be requested to affix 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 social media. “I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our country.”
Trump is meeting with potential candidates to serve in his administration sooner than his Jan. 20 inauguration as president. Reuters reported Friday that Trump met with distinguished investor Scott Bessent, who’s a doable U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee.
Haley, a former South Carolina governor who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations beneath Trump, endorsed Trump for president no matter having criticized him harshly when she ran in opposition to him throughout the get collectively primaries.
“I was proud to work with President Trump defending America at the United Nations,” Haley said on social media. “I wish him, and all who serve, great success in moving us forward to a stronger, safer America over the next four years.”
Pompeo, who moreover served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency beneath Trump, has been talked about in some media research as a attainable safety secretary and had been moreover seen a doable Republican presidential candidate, sooner than he launched in April 2023 he wouldn’t run.
Pompeo couldn’t immediately be reached for comment Saturday.
During his first time interval as president, Trump made some key personnel bulletins by way of social media posts.
Separately, Trump said the 2025 presidential inauguration will probably be co-chaired by precise property investor and advertising marketing campaign donor Steve Witkoff and former Senator Kelly Loeffler.
