Posted on 11/12/2019 6:33:13 AM PST by Steve1999
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley defended President Trump as "truthful" and said she never questioned the president's fitness for office during a combative interview with Today's Savannah Guthrie.
Haley, 47, has been defending the president on her media tour to promote her new book, With All Due Respect: Defending America with Grit and Grace, which was published on Tuesday. "I am way over time, but let me just quickly, because its been out there and you worked in this administration. Did you ever have any doubt about the fitness of this president?" Guthrie asked Tuesday morning. Haley, who alleged former chief of staff John Kelly and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had tried to usurp the president, responded, "I never did," adding that she never doubted his mental acuity.
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Thank you! :D
Haley has a book out, and likely with some details about what occurred in the White House. You want the substance, it’s probably in the book.
Yet, her simple statement was probably enough for most FReepers, since we’ve known all along about the never-Trumpers and about the inside traitors.
Savannah Guthrie, member of the Democrat Party Press (not a real journalist)
Haley was one of the reasons theyre gone. She told Trump and he moved them on out, politely, but he got rid of them.
He made a lot of bad choices, because I think he believed his business experience would prepare him for dealing with a new staff, subordinates, etc. but it didnt, because businesses are governed by law, but the federal government establishment thinks itself above the law. Or actually, it thinks is the law.
She did good work for Trump. You can disagree with her on some things, but she was probably one of Trumps most loyal supporters, not necessarily because she liked him personally (although I dont think she disliked him) but because she believed in and understood his policies. She was very pro-business in SC and hauled the state out of the dumps.
Huh? Look around and youll see that theres a virtually squadron of FReepers who come out to attack any GOPer who supports Trump. I think some are probably Dem trolls, trying to undercut Trumps support by attempting to discredit any GOP figure who supports him, and they know FR is the best place to do it.
On the other hand, there are many posters on FR who have a my way or the highway approach, and if somebody disagrees with them on one single point, that person then becomes bad, evil, and everything that person says on any topic is worthless.
Trump needs supporters. For heavens sake, dont shoot down anybody trying to support him.
I posted hours ago that I like Haley a lot a lot a lot a lot.
I’ve closely tracked the comments that have come since. Regarding her being an opportunist:
1) Coming in as UN Ambassador, I suspect (based on reasonable evidence in the public record) that she had strong differences with the President, which she squelched in order to secure the job. She went along even though she disagreed. Call that opportunism if you want but I think it’s rigor, class, understanding chain of command and being a valued member of the team.
2) Over time, it became clear that her outlook on foreign policy grew ever closer to the President’s positions, because her rhetoric and tone both became more emphatic and emboldened. And as a few others have pointed out, when she left it was with the President’s high praise and clear affection. If she runs for President in 2024, of course she will chart a different course than President Trump; just not all that much different.
The mainstream media and Never Trumpers do not realize the extent to which Donald Trump has forever changed the conversation. There is no going back. Nikki Haley is a perfect example of that. Whatever she was in 2014, she is a convert by this day and going forward.
You’re in denial. Haley is GOP establishment all the way. What is going on here is the GOPe is trying to co-opt the MAGA movement in exactly the same way they did the TEA Party.
I dont care about her other opinions. She supports Trump, support her on this. Dont try to shut her down and discourage other Freepers from supporting her. Trump needs all the friends he can get. And he appears to have liked her and she left on good terms with him.
I dont care about her other opinions. She supports Trump, support her on this.
It’s just not good enough. The GOP establishment is now paying a lip service defense of POTUS instead of engaging the coup. Where was Haley when Don Jr. was tweeting “whereslindsay” and POTUS was saying “Republicans need to start fighting” last week? MIA in these historic times is where she was. Haley is trolling for books sales and potential MAGA voters. That is all.
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