By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump stated Saturday that former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won’t be requested to affix his administration.
“I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our country,” Trump posted on social media.
Trump is contemplating candidates to serve in his administration earlier than his Jan. 20 inauguration as president.
Haley, a former South Carolina governor who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations underneath Trump, endorsed Trump for president regardless of having criticized him harshly when she ran towards him within the occasion primaries.
Pompeo, who additionally served as director of the Central Intelligence Company underneath Trump, has been talked about in some media studies as a potential protection secretary and had been additionally seen a possible Republican presidential candidate, earlier than he introduced in April 2023 he wouldn’t run.
Haley and Pompeo couldn’t instantly be reached for remark Saturday.
Individually, Trump stated the 2025 presidential inauguration will likely be co-chaired by actual property investor and marketing campaign donor Steve Witkoff and former Senator Kelly Loeffler.
