US Ambassador Nikki Haley has said she had discussed becoming secretary of state with Donald Trump after his election but that the US president ultimately did not offer her the job. Haley, a rising star in the Trump administration, told a news conference yesterday that she had no ambition beyond her current post at the United Nations, for the time being. Asked about reports that she had turned down the post of secretary of state in November, Haley made clear that Trump had not offered her the position.


"The original call that I received to go to Trump Tower was to discuss secretary of state," she said. "No, he did not offer it." "It was the discussion that we were having at the time. So, when we went in, that was the position that we were discussing."