Washington
In a sudden move, Indian-American US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley resigned on Tuesday, becoming the latest casualty in the Trump administration just weeks ahead of the crucial mid-term elections.

President Donald Trump, who met Haley in the Oval Office on Tuesday, said she had done a “fantastic job” and would leave at the end of the year. “She told me probably six months ago,” Trump told reporters. Trump said there are a number of people who would like to do this job and that this is a more glamorous position that it was a couple of years ago, appreciating her work.

Haley, considered as a moderate Republican alternative to Trump, in her remarks insisted that she is not going to run for president in 2020 and will campaign for Trump.

Her resignation just ahead of the crucial mid-term elections in November came as a shock and surprise to the American foreign policy and national security experts who believe it was a big loss to the Trump Administration.

In her remarks, Haley said that this is an honour of a lifetime to serve in the administration as she listed out the key accomplishments of the Trump Administration at the United Nations and foreign policy in the last two years.

Lauding her accomplishments on issues ranging from North Korea to China at the UN, Trump said: “She got to know the players.” “They like her, except for maybe a couple, but that’s normal,” he said about China, India, and Russia among others.