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Haley an 'easy pick' for Trump

"South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) was a “pretty easy pick” for Donald Trump, according to a transition spokesman.

Haley is being nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, despite criticism she leveled at the president-elect during the campaign.

“It was a pretty easy pick, I think, for the president-elect,” Trump spokesman Jason Miller said in a conference call with reporters Wednesday morning. 
“He clearly respects and admires her. … There was also a natural chemistry between the two when they met,” Miller added.

Haley, 44, is a surprising pick given Trump’s penchant for rewarding loyalty. 

She backed Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) in the GOP primaries. And in a January interview with NBC News’s Matt Lauer, she acknowledged that she was referring to Trump when she criticized loud and angry voices in her response to President Obama’s State of the Union address at the beginning of the year.

Trump, she told Lauer, “has definitely contributed to what I think is just irresponsible talk.”

In a statement Wednesday morning, Trump described Haley as “a proven dealmaker.” He said she “will be a great leader representing us on the world stage.'"

Trump is not Obama, thin skinned, and petulant. Obama could never truck opposition, rewarded only loyalty, and surrounded himself with Yes Men. Trump is nothing like that, instead, he is a solid leader, who is willing to reach out to the best candidate to fill the position. He is also willing to do what it takes to mend fences after a bruising campaign. 

There is little question that the Trump Presidency will look nothing like the Obama Presidency. Thank God.