Nikki Haley

The UN’s Combat Troops in the Congo: ‘They Were Not Supposed to Die’

A memorial service was held for the six peacekeepers from Malawi and one from Tanzania who died during clashes with the ADF militia in the Congo on Nov. 15, 2018. Seventeen members of the same UN force intervention brigade were killed nearly a year ago battling the ADF. MIRIAM ASMANI/MONUSCO 
United Nations peacekeepers working for the mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed by a militia in a jungle in North Kivu Province on Nov. 15, leaving seven soldiers dead: six Malawians and one Tanzanian. Ten were injured.

Cornered: Trump Gets Thumped on Cuba at the UN

On November 1, 2018, for the twenty-seventh straight year, the full United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted by a near-unanimous 189-2 for “the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.” The Israeli government, as usual, voted automatically with the US without saying a word on the floor. There were no abstentions, but Moldova and the Ukraine chose not to vote at all.1

Heather Nauert, State Dept. Spokesperson, May Be Next UN Ambassador

Heather Nauert, the spokesperson for the US State Department, talking with reporters airborne to Singapore, Aug. 3, 2018. Trump has said she is his top choice to succeed Nikki Haley as US ambassador to the UN.
President Trump has apparently offered Heather Nauert the United States ambassadorship to the United Nations, according to numerous media reports. She would succeed Nikki Haley, who announced her resignation in early October, saying she wanted to work in the private sector. Trump said this week that he would announce Nauert’s nomination soon.

The UN ‘Sheriff’: Nikki Haley Elevated Israel, Damaged US Standing

US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has made her post a “more glamorous” position than her predecessors – as President Donald Trump described Haley’s 2-year term at the UN, following her resignation announcement. We may never know the nature of Haley’s purported ‘glamour’ at the UN, but we certainly know that, during her relatively brief stint, Haley has further diminished her[Read More...]

‘All hat and no cattle’ Nikki Haley set to cash in after disastrous U.N. stint (Video)

US President Trump described the outgoing US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley as an  “extraordinary person” who is “going to make a lot of money” in the private sector.
Haley resigned from her UN post on Tuesday, but is likely to stay in her UN position until the end of the year, before her successor could be nominated and confirmed by the Senate.
President Trump told the press after Haley’s resignation…