Posted on 04/18/2018 11:37:14 AM PDT by Enlightened1
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley hit back at the White House on Tuesday, denying a top adviser’s claim that she was confused when she said the administration would impose new sanctions on Russia.
“With all due respect, I don’t get confused,” Haley told Fox News’s Dana Perino in a statement that was read on-air.
Haley’s pointed statement came hours after top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said that Haley “got ahead of the curve” when she announced Sunday that the administration would roll out the sanctions the next day.
“There might have been some momentary confusion about that,” Kudlow told reporters in West Palm Beach, Fla., ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Kudlow later walked back his comments, telling The New York Times he called Haley to say he had misspoken based on incomplete information.
“She was certainly not confused,” Kudlow told the paper. “I was wrong to say that — totally wrong.”
The back-and-forth revealed a simmering dispute within the administration over the sanctions mix-up.
The White House said Monday that Trump has not decided to impose sanctions on Russia in response to a chemical weapons attack in Syria, a key Kremlin ally, contradicting Haley’s comments.
After Haley made the comments on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” some Trump allies privately accused Haley — a vocal Russia hawk — of trying to box in the president on a decision.
Sources close to the White House said Trump, who has at times been hesitant to forcefully criticize Russia, has been reluctant about moving forward with additional sanctions.
Haley’s comments strongly suggest there was a miscommunication about whether the president has decided to impose sanctions, and that she was left out of the loop.
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Haley needs to get $hit canned!
I do not trust this NEVERTRUMPER one bit!
Haley, prove that you were not confused by delivering the message that stated sanctions were to be imposed. Otherwise, you were indeed “confused”.
One of the Syrian kids in the White Helmets videos being hosed down with water in Douma says that they were paid to perform in the video & he wasn’t around any chlorine.
The NeoCon/Jaish al Islam false flag (which the warmongers around Trump deceived him with) is imploding.
I supposed that would be true enough if you were constantly confused.
Exactly!
He really didn’t accuse her of being confused and she’s being a showboat. Story also being exaggerated.
I don’t believe Trump, but I believe kids on the ground in Syria.
/s
LMAO
Who cares, this is just the msm trying to generate resentment and portray the administration as inept. Miscommunications happen all the time.
No, she is clearly set on the shared goals of all globalists.
Check this video out.
ISIS, Al Nusra and the White Helmets Headquarters in Syria are all within 2 yards of each other.
They keep changing the names to confuse the public. It’s the same guys, same black flag with 3 different names.
https://twitter.com/CarlaOrtizO/status/986060254277337089
The kid was in the videos & was a supposed chlorine/Sarin victim. He says there were no chemicals. He knows more than you or anyone watching White Helmets/Al Qaeda videos.
Haley is so full of it. For a woman who has never fought any war in her life, she is about the biggest war monger I have ever come across.
Tempest in a teapot,people...
Don’t fall for this media crap
Nimrata’s skills are more suited to clean up the Ganges River.
Mr. President - we need a Jeanne Kirkpatrick type, not an amateur with a misplaced ego in there!
All true, but I have about had it with Haley. I'd take Larry Kudrow over a million Nikki Haley's any day.
Niki, Kudlow and Faux News.
You are being used by the MSM and the Obama Machine.
Take a valium and only talk face to face in a secure location.
It is pretty clear the White House is NOT secure
Yes, Chief ... the Cone of Silence!
How long have you been around?
I’ve been watching Arabs scam us for 50 years now. Now all of a sudden they’re more trustworthy than our president and military.
I don’t base anything off what one of them has said.
I sure hope this kid is around in 2020, so you’ll know who to vote for.
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