President-elect Donald Trump in his bid to make America great again is looking past those who had critized his style of campaign in the election, and instead inviting them to work with him in his administration.
Donald Trump today picks a former critic for a key foreign policy post. The president-elect picked South-Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Nikki, 44, has criticized Trump during the campaign nomination, and had instead endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio during the South Carolina primary. After Marco Rubio dropped from the Republican nomination, Nikki who won the election as governor of South Carolina in 2010 once again pitched her tent with Ted Cruz.
According to an official familiar with the transition committee, Haley is picked and the official announcement will be made on Wednesday.
According to a GOP consultant who is also from South Carolina, Bruce Haynes;
Haley is one of the brightest and hardest working leaders in the Republican Party," and said she will be "an incredibly valuable addition" to the Trump administration.
While she and Trump have differences, people forget Haley rose to stardom as an anti-establishment candidate, a young state Senator who beat older more experienced Republican candidates to become Governor.
So while she has been critical of Trump at times, she's a fellow political outsider.
The appointment of Nikki Haley is said to bring diversity to the Trump's administration that before now has said to consist of white males, as Haley is a daughter of Indian immigrants.
Though she had little foreign policy experience, she was reported to have gone on eight foreign trips as governor of Souh Carolina.
Haley will need to be confirmed by the senate.