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Nikki Haley allegedly schemed with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to be Donald Trump's vice president instead of Mike Pence, a new book excerpt revealed on Thursday.
Mike Pompeo, the former Trump administration Secretary of State who's generated his own White House buzz for 2024, accused Haley of trying to 'undermine' the work officials were doing to improve the country.
It's an especially loaded jab considering Haley herself has hinted she's at least considering a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
In an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir obtained by The Guardian, Pompeo claimed Haley swindled herself into a four-way meeting with Trump along with his daughter and son-in-law - who were senior White House advisers at the time.
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Then-Chief of Staff John Kelly allegedly believed she would be coming to meet with Trump alone. Pompeo described him as irate at how it panned out.
Pompeo wrote that the four 'were presenting a possible "Haley for vice-president" option,' citing Kelly's assumptions.
'I can’t confirm this, but [Kelly] was certain he had been played, and he was not happy about it. Clearly,
