{"id":380535,"date":"2018-10-11T14:25:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T13:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/steve-bannon-takes-dig-at-nikki-haley-and-her-suspicious-resignation-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-10-11T14:25:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T13:25:35","slug":"steve-bannon-takes-dig-at-nikki-haley-and-her-suspicious-resignation-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/steve-bannon-takes-dig-at-nikki-haley-and-her-suspicious-resignation-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bannon takes dig at Nikki Haley and her \u2018suspicious\u2019 resignation \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon has offered up a stinging back-handed compliment to Nikki Haley, describing the former UN envoy as \u201cambitious as Lucifer.” He said her resignation announcement before the midterms is \u201csuspect.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bannon said<\/a> in an interview with Bloomberg News that the timing of Haley\u2019s decision was \u201chorrific\u201d<\/em> and \u201csuspect,\u201d<\/em> noting that it undermines the administration\u2019s efforts to rally support ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything she said about stepping down could have been done on the evening of November 6. The timing could not have been worse,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Although Bannon credited Haley as \u201cvery talented,\u201d<\/em> he also said that she was \u201cincredibly politically ambitious \u2013 ambitious as Lucifer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

However, some on social media questioned whether Bannon meant his comment as a compliment or an insult.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you clear something up for me? If Steve Bannon says she is \u2018ambitious as Lucifer,\u2019 is that a dig or is he showing admiration?\u201d<\/em> one Twitter user pondered.<\/p>\n

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Can you clear something up for me? If Steve Bannon says she is “ambitious as Lucifer,” is that a dig or is he showing admiration?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Billy Jingo (@BillyJingo) October 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Another joked<\/a>: \u201cSteve Bannon knows Lucifer personally,\u201d<\/em> in an apparent dig at the former White House strategist\u2019s controversial ties to the \u201calt-right.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Haley announced her resignation as US ambassador to the UN on Tuesday, igniting speculation that she may be preparing for a presidential run. Another popular theory is that she was forced to resign after being unmasked as the anonymous author of an op-ed published by the New York Times last month, which made a number of incendiary but unsubstantiated claims, including that there was a shadow government of \u201cadults\u201d<\/em> preventing Trump from leading the US astray.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0Nikki Haley\u2019s shock resignation prompts various theories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Haley, however, says that she is not running for office and will campaign for Trump. The president on Wednesday defended the timing of Haley\u2019s announcement, arguing that there\u2019s \u201cno good time\u201d<\/em> to resign and that if she had waited until after the midterms it would have sparked similar suspicions Haley\u2019s political ambitions.<\/p>\n

Her resignation announcement caught much of the Trump administration off guard, according to reports, including White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n

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