Nikki Haley departs President Trump’s administration having made inroads with the Republican Party’s emerging populist coalition without sacrificing her reputation among old guard, establishment conservatives.

In avoiding the pitfalls that have befallen other major Republicans walking the party’s Trump divide, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina governor has preserved options for higher office in a future GOP that might look very much the same, or quite different, by the time Trump exits the White House, six or eight years hence.