U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley resigns, Trump administration searches for replacement

“It has been an immense honor to serve our country in your Administration,” wrote Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations, in her October 3 letter of resignation to the president.  Haley served as US Ambassador to the U.N. for the past two years, and her letter highlighted “pressuring North Korea toward denuclearization” and passing “an arms embargo on South Sudan that will help reduce violence and hopefully bring peace to that troubled country.” President Trump has until January 2019 to find a replacement for her seat.

While the announcement came as a surprise to many senior officials, she claimed her choice stemmed from a strong belief in the necessity of term limits, and that “rotation in office benefits the public.”  Walt Whitman High School AP US History teacher Andrew Sonnabend thought that “Nikki Haley realized that she had done all she could do in her position” in the administration. He said, “I think one danger she faces is in politics, if you’re out of the public eye for too long, you damage your brand.”  Sonnabend continued on to insinuate that she may be the Republican choice for President in 2024.

The president has a number of rumored choices to replace Haley’s seat.  Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to the president and his daughter, is on the shortlist, although she recently dismissed any notion that she would take Haley’s seat. Other prospective U.N. Ambassadors include Brian Hook, a senior advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Richard Grenell, spokesman for the US mission to the U.N. under former president George W. Bush, and Dina Powell, a former State Department employee under the Bush administration.

Article by MoCo Student staff writer Lindsay Keiser of Walt Whitman High School.