Former United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has claimed that former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly tried to recruit her to work around President Donald Trump in an effort to “save the country”, according to The Washington Post .
In a new book, Ms Haley says then-Chief of Staff John Kelly and then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told her to resist some of Mr Trump’s demands. The two former Cabinet members sought Haley’s help in their endeavors to subvert the President but she refused, Haley wrote.
At one point, Haley wrote that Tillerson also told her people would die if Trump was unchecked. However, Haley said she supported most of Trump’s foreign policy decisions that others in the White House tried to block or slow down, according to the Post.
They reportedly told her they were “trying to save the country”.
In her book, Haley describes multiple clashes within the White House surrounding foreign policy strategy, according to the Post. In one interaction, Haley details an Oval Office showdown over her suggestion to withhold funding for the United Nations agency that supports Palestinians. Kelly and Tillerson were opposed to the move, while Haley had the support of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
There was no immediate comment from Mr Tillerson. Mr Kelly said he had wanted the president to be fully informed.
