Nikki Haley has announced her resignation as Ambassador to the UN effective at the end of 2018.
It's hard to know what to make of it all. Did she abruptly resign because of an ethics complaint regarding her use of private planes? After all similar troubles forced both Tom Price and Scott Pruitt to resign from HHS and the EPA, respectively.
Yet speculation abounds that President Trump is seeking to replace Jeff Sessions at AG with Lindsey Graham with Haley succeeding Graham and Ivanka Trump succeeding Haley. It would certainly explain Graham's vociferous defense of Brett Kavanaugh. But it also sounds like a strange game of four degrees of separation.
Should this come to pass however, it will certainly bolster Haley's case to be Trump's successor in 2024. A case can be made that Haley was Trump's most effective cabinet member. Of course this is like telling someone they are the nicest guy in prison. Don't get me wrong. Her vociferous support for Israel and opposition to the Iran nuclear deal was a breath of fresh air at the UN. The air however got considerably hotter when she spoke of Trump's honesty following his rambling performance at the UN General Assembly last month which earned him derisive laughter. Contrary to Jennifer Rubin's wishes, Haley will not be challenging Trump in 2020 or at anytime ever. Whatever skepticism she might have had during the 2016 campaign, Haley is forever tethered to Trump for better or for worse.
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