Trump lauds Nikki Haley, says she is doing 'awfully' good job

Haley is the first-ever Indian-American to be appointed to a cabinet level position in any presidential administration.

Washington, Feb 18: President Donald Trump has lauded Indian-American Nikki Haley, saying she is doing an 'awfully' good job as the US Ambassador to the UN.

Haley is the first-ever Indian-American to be appointed to a cabinet level position in any presidential administration.

"I want to thank your former governor, Nikki Haley, who is doing an awfully good job for us," he said, amidst applause in South Carolina.

"She's representing America very well as our ambassador to the UN. She is doing a spectacular job. It's early, but she has just been really great," Trump said in his first-ever public praise of the diplomatic work of the Indian-American politician.

Haley, the two-term former governor of South Carolina, has been on her new job for a few weeks.

Haley is the current United States Ambassador to the United Nations. She served as the 116th Governor of South Carolina from January 2011 to January 2017. Prior to her tenure as governor, Haley was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving from 2005 until her election as governor.

PTI