Haley also weighed in on her thoughts on the current impeachment hearings. Hint: Not only is she a staunch defender of Israel, she’s also a staunch defender of the President.
Stuart Winer and News Staff : Jan 27, 2020 TimesofIsrael.org
(Washington, DC) — [TimesofIsrael.com] Former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley defended the imminent unveiling of the US peace plan and rejected the idea that the Trump administration was trying to help out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in hi campaign for the upcoming elections… (Photo Credit: Channel 12 news screenshot via Times of Israel)
Asked if publication of the peace plan is intended as a “political life-saver” for Netanyahu, Haley responded: “People are saying the same thing about Trump in the US and I don’t believe either to be true.”
Quizzed on her view of Trump’s ongoing impeachment trial, she made it clear she believes the president is innocent. Trump is suspected of withholding military aide from Ukraine to pressure that country into investigating a Democrat presidential candidate, and then obstructing a congressional investigation into his actions.
Asked if she thought that Trump had done anything wrong, Haley did not hesitate in responding “no.”
Haley emphatically denied rumors that she was planning on replacing Mike Pence as Trump’s choice for vice president in the 2020 elections, but was cautiously open to the idea of running for president herself in 2024.
“It’s just too soon,” she said. “It’s easy for people to talk about it. It’s hard to do, it’s hard to run for president of the United States.”
“If it’s meant to be, it will,” she said.
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