Trump says Haley, Pompeo won't join his administration

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

11/09/24 8:44 PM ET


President-elect Trump announced that former Ambassador Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would not be joining his administration on Saturday.

“I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to join the Trump Administration, which is currently in formation,” the Republican leader wrote on Truth Social. “I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Pompeo shared that he was open to accepting a position under the former president in March. “I don’t often comment on jobs I’ve not been offered,” he told Fox News’s Neil Cavuto, later adding, “But if I get a chance to serve and think that I can make a difference … I’m almost certainly going to say yes to that opportunity to try and deliver on behalf of the American people.”

Haley said she was “on standby” to help Trump during his campaign, but never joined him on the campaign trail. She congratulated Trump publicly on Wednesday after he was determined the winner of the 2024 election.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4982688-trump-haley-pompeo-wont-join-administration/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Not goons enough. Should give you a clue where this is headed. /nt

[AloeVera]

3. I can understand Haley.

But Pompeo? What's up there?

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. In a Fox News interview he said Trump wasn't a "true conservative"

That was enough of a dig I guess to put him on the naughty list.


Because, yeah, besides that, Pompeo seems to be the perfect fit

[AloeVera]

16. Thanks. There is also this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219700723

Apparently Don Jr is already planning succession and he wants Vance. No competition.

[benfranklin1776]

4. Indeed same retributive thug as always.

All that asskissing and groveling and “soul” selling for nothing, even after telling the truth in a few speeches during the primaries eh there Nikki? Ah well! And oh 🖕🏼🖕🏼you Nikki!

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. What might have been.

Probably wouldn't have made a difference, but it would have made a dent at least if, once she dropped out of the primary, she'd continued speaking out against him, and sided with other No Trumpers

[benfranklin1776]

15. Indeed, as her endorsement of Agent Orange undermined Kamala's outreach efforts.

As you say in the end it may not have mattered but it showed she was utterly and completely a principleless stooge. So her irrelevancy is richly deserved.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. No one with an ounce

Of empathy need apply.

[JoseBalow]

11. You spelled "integrity" wrong

though both are disqualifying in a drumpf administration.

[travelingthrulife]

5. Good. Two less crooks

n/t

[louis-t]

6. Yeah, cuz he only hires the 'best people'.

[SCantiGOP]

7. Tricky Nikki is hoping

That Lindsey doesn’t run again, and she can step into his Senate seat in 2026.

[thesquanderer]

8. I've never seen Trump act so magnanimous.

re: "I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our Country."

Usually he's either 100% with someone, or he has nothing good to say about them. I would have expected him to say something about what's wrong with them. I can't remember anything like this before. Maybe someone else wrote this one for him.

[FakeNoose]

9. Why would they want to join it?

We need to start a lottery on Chump's new cabinet members, and how quickly they get fired. By the end of Chump's first term, he had fired almost every staff and cabinet position more than once. Also many resigned in disgust on quick turnarounds.

How many "Chiefs of Staff" worked for Chump in 4 years? I'll bet it was at least 5 or 6. How many press secretaries did he have? I can remember at least five. Chump is a pathetic man to work for. If anything, he's even worse now.

[LudwigPastorius]

10. "Trump says Haley, Pompeo won't join his administration"

So, only the most thoroughly vetted and qualified ass lickers, hunh?

[onetexan]

14. All that kissing up & he still shamed them

[Phentex]

17. Well boo flipping hoo!

They can go rot somewhere