Nikki Haley wasn't at tonight's state dinner

[highplainsdem]

WaPo has the complete guest list here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/04/24/complete-guest-list-for-the-state-dinner-in-honor-of-french-president-emmanuel-macron/


Bloomberg's Jennifer Jacobs pointed out on Twitter that a number of Trump's top officials were left out.

Link to tweet

I can understand why Zinke or Carson or DeVos might not be invited.

But UN ambassador Nikki Haley, not invited to a state dinner for the head of a country that's a member of the UN Security Council?

[greyl]

1. But does "not here" really equate to "not invited"? nt

[Cha]

4. Yeah, maybe they were

busy.

[highplainsdem]

8. Please see repy 6 below. I accidentally did that as a reply to the OP, but it helps

answer your question, since there's been nothing on her Twitter or FB account to show anything on her schedule today...but she did post about a meeting that took place yesterday, without mentioning it was yesterday.

[EffieBlack]

2. But Nikki's been a bad girl, so she can't come out to play

[Cha]

3. Weird.. but then I was use to how a real

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President does a state dinner.

[torius]

5. Maybe Pence

can't be in the same room with Haley unless her husband is with her?

[highplainsdem]

6. She tweeted today about a meeting with the Polish foreign minister, but that was yesterday

according to other tweets I saw and a Polish news story I used Google Translate to check, which said the meeting was yesterday, Monday.

Her tweet was 6 hours ago.

Link to tweet

A news tweet about the meeting using a photo obviously taken at the same event as the photo she posted

Link to tweet

is nearly 24 hours old.

I did see one Trump supporter point to this meeting, the post about it, as proof that because of the late afternoon meeting today she couldn't have attended the state dinner. That Trump supporter was unaware that the meeting took place yesterday.

I'm guessing this was most likely a deliberate snub by Trump, who wasn't happy with what Haley said about sanctions, and probably was equally unhappy with her forcing an apology out of Larry Kudlow, who's now a favorite of his, and who WAS at the dinner.

[JI7]

9. also unless it's some high level meeting, you are usually going plan things out for a state dinner

and she is UN ambassador, not sec of state.

not that any of it really matters in this admin.

Trump is also the type that will not invite someone over personal slights . remember how he didn't let Sean Spicer attend the meeting with the Pope .

[highplainsdem]

12. I remember him snubbing Spicer. Trump loves to snub people. And yes,

you're right that barring some emergency, Haley could have managed to attend the state dinner if she'd been invited.

[TeamPooka]

13. NY is a 40 minute plane ride from DC

[JI7]

7. Is there a limit to How many they could invite ?

i'm thinking most of those they are inviting are those he profits from. and if it means leaving others that are usually invited out , then that's fine.

[highplainsdem]

11. There were about 150 guests, which is small compared to many state dinners. But it was still a snub

if Nikki Haley wasn't invited.

[highplainsdem]

10. Article about the Obamas' first state dinner. UN Ambassador Susan Rice was there:

https://www.today.com/news/obamas-welcome-singh-guests-state-dinner-wbna34137233

[TeamPooka]

14. and some party crashers too.

[DFW]

15. As ambassador to the U.N., Haley is in the role of a diplomat

How could one expect Trump to invite a diplomat to a diplomatic event if no one ever explained to him what a "diplomat" is?

[Hekate]

16. Aw, a picture of Ken and Barbie strolling in!

Yeesh.