Nikki Haley, U.S.ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of South Carolina, has been forced to publicly deny having an affair with Donald Trump, calling the speculation “highly offensive” and “disgusting”.
The rumor began to spread after publication of the book "Fire and Fury"-- authored by journalist Michael Wolff, who said ast week he was “absolutely sure” Trump was having an affair.
“It is absolutely not true,” Haley said in an interview with Politico, regarding speculation that Wolff was referring to her when describing the president’s alleged lover. She said Wolff had made a basic factual error in his book, when he wrote that the president had been spending a notable amount of private time with Haley on Air Force One. “I have literally been on Air Force One once and there were several people in the room when I was there,” Haley said.
Haley (the daughter of Indian immigrants) who has been married for 20 years and has two children, was the first woman to be elected governor of South Carolina and the second Indian-American governor in US history. She told Politico insinuations she had had an affair with the president fit a pattern of attacks on successful women.
The Haley speculation was the second instance this month of a rumor emerging that the president had conducted an extramarital affair. Earlier in January an interview was published in which Stephanie Clifford, who performs in pornographic films under the name Stormy Daniels, said she had an affair with Trump shortly after his marriage to Melania Trump.
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