Trump announces former WH officials Nikki Haley that Mike Pompeo will not be in his next administration

President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday evening that he will not ask South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join his administration.

Trump said at his Truth Social that Haley, who tore him up when she ran against him for the Republican nomination, and Pompeo, who was criticized by some supporters for not supporting Trump strongly enough, will not be invited to join him when he re-enters the White Chamber. House in January 2025.

“I will not invite former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to join the Trump administration as it is currently being formed,” Trump said.

“I really enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Since winning Tuesday’s election in a landslide against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump and his team have worked behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago to staff the 47th president’s administration, with loyalty the most important job requirement.

Haley, 52, ran against Trump in the Republican primaries but dropped out in March when Republican voters overwhelmingly showed they still supported the 45th president to run for the White House for a third straight time.

The former US ambassador to the United Nations denounced Trump on the campaign trail, arguing that she was the only Republican candidate who could surpass President Biden before the 81-year-old Democrat dropped his re-election bid and publicly declared that Harris would become the next president if Trump remained the Republican candidate.

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed published just two days before Election Day, Haley attempted to walk back her criticism, saying the future commander-in-chief is “clearly the better choice” over Harris.

Haley, who has been both publicly supportive and critical of her former rival, publicly announced in August that she had no interest in serving in Trump’s administration — stating that the “campaign was never about a position.”

Pompeo, who served as both secretary of state and CIA director during Trump’s first administration, has been widely criticized for remaining silent during the presidential race until days before Election Day.

Republicans have also accused him of supporting special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump over his possession of alleged classified documents.

Republican strategist Roger Stone took to his website Friday evening to publicly warn the president-elect that Pompeo — who was rumored to be seeking a seat in his Cabinet after flirting with a presidential run himself — could not be trusted .

“Now that Trump is back at the top, it becomes much more difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff,” Stone wrote on his website.

“If Pompeo is placed in the next Trump administration, his history shows that he would promote deep state hegemony rather than an authentic America First agenda.”

Trump recently appointed his 2024 campaign co-chair, Susie Wiles, as his next White House chief of staff.