Haley, of course, denied the rumours she wants to run to run for US president, saying, "I know those people in the White House. Her boldest move, though, was leaving her position as South Carolina governor to become the US ambassador to the UN. In 2012, the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney considered tapping her to be his vice-presidential running mate but she turned down the offer. As Wolff 's book reveals, Haley has always wanted to be at the top of the ticket and never in second place. (The writer is a senior news editor for Hyphen magazine and a former senior foreign policy aide in the US Congress)

Source: Economic Times January 13, 2018 18:00 UTC