Ian Bremmer: Why Nikki Haley is fighting Trump over Russia
Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer explains why UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is standing up for herself in a public disagreement with the Trump administration over US sanctions on Russia after the president flipped his position. Following is a transcript of the video.
Ian Bremmer: Trump has changed his tone on Russia.
Nikki Haley is someone with a long political future and she's very aware of that. She is not someone that is about to sit and kowtow, we've seen that on her statements on Russia consistently since she's become UN Ambassador. There's no question that she's been probably the most hawkish of the major Trump advisors on Russia from day one, when a lot of people have been criticizing Trump for being unwilling to go after Putin individually.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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