U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has launched a public rebuke of the White House, after national economics adviser Larry Kudlow tried to claim Haley had been confused when she announced the U.S. would impose new sanctions against Russian companies linked to Syria’s chemical weapons program. This is Haley speaking on CBS on Sunday.
Nikki Haley: “So you will see that Russian sanctions will be coming down. Secretary Mnuchin will be announcing those on Monday, if he hasn’t already. And they will go directly to any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to Assad and chemical weapons use.”
But then, on Monday, the White House said the U.S. would not impose the new sanctions, contradicting Haley’s comments one day earlier. On Tuesday, after national economics adviser Larry Kudlow tried to claim the reversal had been her error, Haley hit back, telling Fox News in a statement, “With all due respect, I don’t get confused.”