State Dept. wants Haley to get approval for public remarks: report
Source: The Hill
By Nikita Vladimirov - 04/27/17 10:57 PM EDT
© Greg Nash
The State Department is reportedly urging U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley to get her remarks cleared with Washington before making official public statements.
According to The New York Times, an email drafted by State Department diplomats asked Haley's office to rely on pre-written building blocks when preparing for her remarks.
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Haley has previously maintained that she checks with the administration about her statements. She told CNN earlier this month that President Trump "has given me a lot of leeway to just say what I think and interpret what he thinks."
"It is always coordinated with the White House ... I would never go rogue, because I'm very aware of who I work for," she said. "I'm a strong voice by nature. I'm sometimes a bull in a china shop. And, you know, he allows me to do that."
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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331016-state-dept-wants-haley-to-get-approval-for-public-remarks
Tsk Tsk-can't upset Tilly.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)Ol' Rex wouldn't know the difference.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)No offense to Vlad, but that is just so...appropriate!
BumRushDaShow
(130,634 posts)(and yes, the coffee I was drinking went flying )
TomCADem
(17,391 posts)...in order to protect her political future, which undermines Trump and Tillerson's efforts to work out a waiver for Exxon to drill in Russia.
riversedge
(70,634 posts)will be made up and she will step aside.
TomCADem
(17,391 posts)She really has nothing to lose, because if she starts toeing the line on Trump/Tillerson's Exxon/Russia deal, then her political future is toast.
Chemisse
(30,832 posts)But only if she is seen as an independent voice, and not if she is lassoed to the Trump disaster.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)So true and really not funny but your post timing just made me LOL.
tblue37
(65,630 posts)OnDoutside
(19,993 posts)SergeStorms
(19,208 posts)President Trump "has given me a lot of leeway to just say what I think and interpret what he thinks."
Interpret what HE THINKS!
I wish her the best of luck, since Trump himself doesn't know what he thinks. It hasn't been verified that he even THINKS at all. Judging by the nonsensical, repetitive mumbling that often cascades from his mouth, there is no "interpretation" that could be translated into the English language. Her job is next to impossible. If she gets TOO good at explaining what Trump supposedly means, she'll be looking for another job PDQ. Trump doesn't like people that can explain him.