Nikki Haley just threatened our allies for no good reason.

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New US UN envoy Nikki Haley warns allies: have our back or we’ll respond accordingly

Reuters
27 Jan 2017 at 11:31 ET

The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, pledged on Friday to overhaul the world body and warned U.S. allies that if they do not support Washington, then she is “taking names” and will respond.

Haley made brief remarks to reporters as she arrived at the world body’s headquarters in New York to present her credentials to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

“Our goal with the administration is to show value at the U.N. and the way that we’ll show value is to show our strength, show our voice, have the backs of our allies and make sure that our allies have our back as well,” Haley said.

“For those that don’t have our back, we’re taking names, we will make points to respond to that accordingly,” added Republican President Donald Trump’s U.N. envoy.

Haley, who was South Carolina’s Republican governor when Trump picked her for the post, has little foreign policy and no U.S. federal government experience.

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WTF is wrong with these people? Arrogant assholes, every fucking one of them.

[MoonRiver]

1. Delusions of grandeur

[jeanmarc]

2. Do these people have their own brains...

...or are they all melded to Steve Bannon? I would tell the USA to take a flying leap and be more respectful.

[justiceischeap]

3. I'm pretty sure she was given a speech to read

I'm not a Haley fan but she had never come across as an isolationist to me.

[Kittycow]

11. I thought she was one I didn't have to be concerned about.

Wrong !

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Rec is for your comments

And my answer - I don't know? the quality and extent of evil and assery running it's course is astounding.

[stopbush]

5. Another instant embarrassing disaster from a power-drunk R

who believes they are a law unto themselves.

World leaders are busy taking notes on how to push the buttons to manipulate these idiots.

[geek tragedy]

6. She was putting on a show for Trump to see on television nt

[pangaia]

7. Sometimes we think these type of people only exist in movies, or distant places.....

Wrong.... they rule the world...

[gordianot]

8. She has no idea what she threatened and was given that line.

They make up this up as they go along and will deny if pressed back. I am sure someone thought that she was doing just great again. Someday she can claim she was just following orders.

[MineralMan]

9. Yet another person with no international relations experience

stepping into a job where protocol is a crucial part of negotiating.

The United States is going to be treated like a guy walking around with a chip on his shoulder and blustering at everyone. We all know that guy.

Here's the thing: Everyone who is a head of state thinks of him or herself as absolutely equal to any other head of state. Proper etiquette is the essence of diplomatic communications. There is an entire style of communication that is unique to international relations, and if it is not followed, people bristle and become uncooperative.

One of the things you don't do as a diplomat is to openly threaten leaders of other nations. That's seen as bullying, and always results in bad feelings and poor cooperation.

Nikki Haley is out of her league. She needs a crash course in diplomacy-speak, or she is going to be a liability.

The Trump Administration is off to a very bad start in terms of diplomatic relations with other nations.

[bdamomma]

13. your last comment is true

we will become isolationists and bullies

horrible I will call my senators up they are a disgrace to us and our country

[IADEMO2004]

10. Nikki Haley AKA Mouth of Sauron.

The Trump family to rule them all. House, Senate, United States, Earth.

resist

[cynatnite]

12. The US and Russia just became bully buddies. n/t

[SDJay]

14. I Really Enjoyed Not Having Our Country Despised

by everyone around the world for the past 8 years. I travel the globe a lot, and the difference between 2007 and 2008 was nothing short of midnight and noon. It was so refreshing and such a relief. Look like those days are over, and it's not a surprise. When you put an all-time asshole in office, the country is going to come off as a country of assholes, particularly when said asshole's minions are seemingly trying to out-asshole each other to win the favor of the head asshole. It's really too bad.

I also think this comes off as completely cowardly. Bluster to me was always a signal of a big-time sense of weakness and inferiority. Pretty much fits with POTUS Asshole's whole image.

[Johonny]

15. They are certainly unifying the world against America...who will we trade with when they all hate us

[eleny]

16. All I did was go for a routine cleaning at the dentist and came home to this shit already?!

Not a damned day goes by without one of them going off the rails.

What a weird interpretation of having the backs of your allies. Punch them in the back of the neck. What's next - Hold out your hands while Sister Mary Ruler whacks your knuckles?

These people embarrass me.

[Angry Dragon]

17. Trump way or the hiway

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. Rumpie's going to find it hard to pull off his miraculous "deals" with other countries

if said other countries simply refuse to have anything to do with him or his administration.

Naturally, he can always resort to bullying and threats. His standard "Plan B".

I wonder if the fool realizes that his sacred "brand" is being chipped away at with every word that comes out of his mouth. And, by extension, from his surrogates' mouths. Doesn't sound like very good business to me.

[workinclasszero]

19. The new American Totalitarianism

Be warned world.

Darkness has taken over the US government.

[MrScorpio]

20. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

FDT.