Nikki Haley: No discussions ‘about assassinating Assad’

Published September 4, 2018 9:55pm ET



Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said President Trump has not considered ordering the assignation of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, as reported in an explosive new book.

“I have the pleasure of being privy to those conversations — when we’ve dealt with the chemical weapons, when we’ve dealt with the responses, when we’ve dealt with everything — and I have not once ever heard the president talk about assassinating Assad,” Haley told reporters during a press briefing Tuesday.

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