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\nDescribing Indian-American Nikki Haley as an \u201cextraordinary person\u201d, President Donald Trump has said the outgoing US ambassador to the UN is \u201cgoing to make a lot of money\u201d in the private sector, which she intends to join.<\/p>\n
Haley, 46, the first Indian-American to hold a Cabinet-ranking position in any US presidential administration, tendered her resignation Tuesday, which Trump accepted.<\/p>\n
She had hinted in her resignation letter that she is headed to the private sector after two years at the UN and, before that, six years as South Carolina\u2019s governor.<\/p>\n
She is likely to stay in the position till the year-end so that her successor could be nominated and confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n
Trump exuded confidence that Haley would return to his administration in some capacity at some point.<\/p>\n
\u201cNikki is going to be here until the end of the year. Nikki is our friend. She has been great. I want whoever it is to spend some time with Nikki before Nikki goes out and gets herself a job, and hopefully does she\u2019s going to make a lot of money. And I think Nikki will come back in some form too. But she\u2019s an extraordinary person, good person,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Asked about the timing of Haley\u2019s resignation, that too just before the mid-term polls, Trump said nothing much should be read into this.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no good time. I mean, there could be no good time. She told me about this a long time ago. And, frankly, it\u2019s almost four weeks. So, it\u2019s not that bad. No, I don\u2019t think so at all. I thought it was very elegantly done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she waited until after, then they\u2019d say, \u2018Oh, she\u2026\u2019. You know, if we win, they\u2019d say, why is she doing it. And if we lose, they\u2019d say, oh, well, that\u2019s obvious why she\u2019s doing it. Okay? So there\u2019s really no good time to do it,\u201d the President added.<\/p>\n
Trump said Haley spoke to him about it some six months ago. \u201cShe and I had spoken at least six months ago. Maybe even a year ago, we had conversations. She wanted to be here for about two years. I think the point really was, last week at the United Nations, she wanted to get through that and then go, probably into the private sector for a while,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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