Ivanka’s Name Was Reportedly ‘Circulated’ as Nikki Haley’s U.N. Successor at One Point
A new profile on Jared Kushner in The New York Times contains a little tidbit on something that supposedly circulated within the White House.
The Times report says John Kelly had talked about getting Kushner and Ivanka Trump out of the White House––something he denied in an interview––but there’s also this:
Some friends said Mr. Kushner and his wife were at times so discouraged by their brief White House careers — and their shrinking social circle — that they would leap at a chance to gracefully return to New York. At one point this fall, a scenario circulated in which Ms. Trump could replace Nikki R. Haley as ambassador to the United Nations if Ms. Haley replaced Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson.
There have been reports about Nikki Haley replacing Rex Tillerson at State. In a recent interview, Haley downplayed those reports and said Tillerson isn’t “going anywhere.”
It’s unclear from the report who at the White House would have been suggesting White House advisor Ivanka Trump for this position, but as the Times adds, “Aides to Mr. Trump said they never heard that discussed internally, and the latest betting now has Ms. Haley staying put.”
When Ivanka Trump sat in for her father during that G-20 session in July, Haley subsequently said in an interview, “She sees herself as part of a public servant family and she doesn’t want to waste this time by not putting forward some effort to try and help the world.”
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