Donald Trump Jr. is pushing back against Nikki Haley following her criticism of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s selection of Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, expressed disapproval of Gabbard on her SiriusXM show, alleging she is a sympathizer of Russia, Iran, Syria, and China. She went on to call Kennedy Jr. a “liberal Democrat.”
Haley accused Gabbard of sharing Russian propaganda, criticizing sanctions against Iran, and doubting Syria’s use of chemical weapons. This comes despite Gabbard’s long tenure in the U.S. military, where she achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and still likely holds a high-level security clearance.
In response to Haley’s comments, Trump Jr. posted on X (formerly Twitter) sarcastically suggesting Haley should run for president if she desires a cabinet of “neocon warmongers.” He noted that Haley had already attempted to run and lost heavily in the GOP primary against Trump, later endorsing him in the presidential race against Kamala Harris.
If Nikki Haley really wants a cabinet filled with neocon warmongers to satisfy the billionaire donors that control her, she should try running for President and winning herself…Oh wait, I forgot she already tried that and lost in a landslide 🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/u0fxZwBfx8
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 21, 2024
Haley argued against Gabbard by recalling a past speech where she “[held] up pictures of dead children who had been killed by chemical attacks” in Douma, Syria, criticizing Gabbard for suggesting the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad had not launched the attack,
“For her to say that Assad was not behind that—literally everything she said about that were Russian talking points. Every bit of that was Russian propaganda,” Haley insisted.
She complained Gabbard had blamed NATO for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.