Mike Pompeo, the former US secretary of state known for a hawkish stance on China, will not be on Donald Trump’s top team when the president-elect returns to the White House in January.
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Also ruled out is Nikki Haley, ambassador to the United Nations under the first Trump administration.
In a social media post on Saturday, US time, Trump said that Haley, who ran against him in the Republican Party primaries, and Pompeo, also CIA director in the first Trump term, would not be joining his administration.
“I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to join the Trump Administration,” the president-elect wrote.
“I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our Country,” he added.
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This came as news broke that Trump had won Arizona, thus winning all seven swing states and sealing his landslide victory in the presidential election.