President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an predetermination nighttime lawsuit astatine the West Palm Beach Convention Center successful West Palm Beach, Florida, connected November 6, 2024.
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President-elect Donald Trump said connected Saturday that erstwhile Republican statesmanlike contender Nikki Haley and erstwhile Secretary of State Mike Pompeo volition not beryllium asked to articulation his administration.
"I volition not beryllium inviting erstwhile Ambassador Nikki Haley, oregon erstwhile Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to articulation the Trump Administration, which is presently successful formation," Trump posted connected societal media. "I precise overmuch enjoyed and appreciated moving with them previously, and would similar to convey them for their work to our country."
Trump is gathering with imaginable candidates to service successful his medication earlier his Jan. 20 inauguration arsenic president. Reuters reported Friday that Trump met with salient capitalist Scott Bessent, who is simply a imaginable U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee.
Haley, a erstwhile South Carolina politician who served arsenic U.S. ambassador to the United Nations nether Trump, endorsed Trump for president contempt having criticized him harshly erstwhile she ran against him successful the enactment primaries.
"I was arrogant to enactment with President Trump defending America astatine the United Nations," Haley said connected societal media. "I privation him, and each who serve, large occurrence successful moving america guardant to a stronger, safer America implicit the adjacent 4 years."
Pompeo, who besides served arsenic manager of the Central Intelligence Agency nether Trump, has been mentioned successful immoderate media reports arsenic a imaginable defence caput and had been besides seen a imaginable Republican statesmanlike candidate, earlier helium announced successful April 2023 helium would not run.
Pompeo could not instantly beryllium reached for remark Saturday.
During his archetypal word arsenic president, Trump made immoderate cardinal unit announcements via societal media posts.
Separately, Trump said the 2025 statesmanlike inauguration volition beryllium co-chaired by existent property capitalist and run donor Steve Witkoff and erstwhile Senator Kelly Loeffler.
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