Trump Wont Have Haley or Pompeo in New Administration

President-elect Donald J.Trump said on Saturday that he would not invite Nikki Haley, his former ambassador to the United Nations, or Mike Pompeo, his former secretary of state, to join his incoming administration.Mr.

Trump’s announcement on Truth Social, his social media platform, was an early indication of the decision-making process of the president-elect as he navigates the ideologic differences within the Republican Party.Days after his election win over Vice President Kamala Harris, Mr.Trump’s team has already started his first formal transition meetings and ramped up the process for building his new cabinet.By ruling out Mr.

Pompeo and Ms.Haley, Mr.

Trump was rejecting two Republicans who had backed U.S.support for Ukraine at a time when Mr.

Trump and many of his allies have pushed to curtail American aid for allies and military involvement overseas.“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,” Mr.Trump said in the post.

“I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our Country.”Mr.Trump was also turning away two top officials in his first administration who in recent years had shared criticism of him.Many in Mr.

Trump’s orbit, including David Sacks, a major Trump donor, viewed Mr.Pompeo as being too eager to use the military overseas.

Mr.Trump also likely did not forget that, in 2023, Mr.

Pompeo warned during the Conservative Political Action Conference that Republicans should not follow “celebrity leaders with their own brand of identity politics — those with fragile egos who refuse to acknowledge reality.”Days later, during an interview with Fox News, Mr.Pompeo claimed he was not talking about Mr.

Trump, while also criticizing his former boss’s fiscal policy.Mr.Pompeo in 2022 also criticized Mr.

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