LOVE: Everyone Needs To Read Nikki Haley’s Latest Truth Bomb

Nikki Haley is awesome. I’m really hoping she ends up running as President Trump’s VP. I would be so flippin’ excited.

She took a step out of the spotlight, but she’s still speaking behind the scenes here and there. In fact, she recently wrote an op-ed for Fox News, and it serves as another reminder that she needs to be doing SOMETHING in politics. We need more people like her.

It’s titled, “American foreign aid should only go to our friends.”

YES.

She sets the whole post up by talking about President Trump’s move to have the US recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move our embassy there. That’s true leadership.

Shortly afterward, the United Nations General Assembly gathered to give its opinion on this sovereign U.S. decision. Before the vote, as America’s UN Ambassador, I warned that the American people would “take names” of who was with us and who was against us.

A large majority of countries voted against America that day. There was no immediate consequence for doing so. But that doesn’t mean we didn’t take names. For countries who consistently trash America at the United Nations, there must be consequences, or there will be no changes in their behavior.

YASSSSSS.

Haley said she did more than take names. She had her team at the U.S. Mission to the UN research every country that voted against us to find out how much foreign aid they receive.

“The results were eye-opening,” she wrote.

I presented the findings to President Trump and he was shocked. So much so that in last year’s State of the Union Address, he referred to this huge gap between what we give to countries and how they treat us in return, saying, “That is why, tonight, I am asking Congress to pass legislation to help ensure American foreign assistance dollars always serve American interests, and only go to America’s friends.”

I could not agree more. Let’s look at two examples.

In 2017, Pakistan received nearly $1 billion in U.S. foreign aid, the sixth most of any country. Much of the aid went to the Pakistani military. Some went for road, highway and energy projects to assist the Pakistani people.

It is more than fair to ask what the U.S. gets in return for our generosity. On all key votes at the UN, Pakistan opposed the American position 76 percent of the time. Much more troubling, Pakistan also has a long history of harboring terrorists who have killed U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Our foreign aid policies are stuck in the past and often operate on auto-pilot without considering the conduct of the countries who receive our aid.

That same year, U.S. taxpayers provided over half a billion dollars to the people and government of South Africa. That’s more than what the entire UN system provided to South Africa that year.

Most of our funds go to a great program for preventing HIV/AIDS. Over the years, we have literally saved the lives of millions of South African citizens. Americans do this because we are a big-hearted nation and it is the right thing to do, not because we expect something in return.

Still, you would think a government that received such life-saving assistance would show some gratitude for our generosity. You would be wrong. South Africa voted against the U.S. position at the United Nations 82 percent of the time – among the worst in the world. What’s more, it is an extremely hostile voice against many critical U.S. interests.

Enough is enough.

Our foreign aid policies are stuck in the past and often operate on auto-pilot without considering the conduct of the countries who receive our aid. The national security bureaucracy is also very dug-in defending the foreign aid programs they administer. But the administration is proceeding. I hope it comes out with its changes soon and strongly.

She said when “foreign aid goes to countries that take our generosity and bite our hand, rather than link up arms with us, it’s time to stop it.”

This is so common sense. It’s time to get serious about it.

You can read her full op-ed here. I highly encourage you to do so.