WASHINGTON – US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has rejectedrumors of a sexual affair with President Donald Trump, describing theinsinuation as “disgusting” and “highly offensive.”
“It is absolutely not true,” Haley told Politico.
The rumors spread following the publication of an explosive book, Fire andFury: A year inside the Trump White House, by journalist Michael Wolff, whosaid on TV last week he was “absolutely sure” Trump was having an affair.
The book, which details a turbulent first year in Trump’s presidency, hascreated an avalanche of controversy for the president and hisadministration.
Haley said Wolff had made a factual error in his book by claiming thatTrump “had been spending a notable amount of private time” her on Air ForceOne.
“I have literally been on Air Force One once and there were several peoplein the room when I was there.”
Haley also dismissed the notion that she has been “talking a lot with thepresident” in the Oval Office about her political future.
“I’ve never talked once to the president about my future and I am neveralone with him,” she said.
Haley has been married for 20 years and has two children. She was the firstwoman to be elected governor of South Carolina and currently serves as theUS ambassador to the UN.
She said speculation that she had had an affair with the president was thepredictable attack on a successful woman earning seats of power.
More than a dozen women have accused Trump of sexual assault and severalmore have accused the president of inappropriate sexual behavior.
Trump has denied all such claims and the White House has said all womenmaking allegations against the president are lying.
A CNN poll last month showed that 61 percent of Americans said theybelieved the allegations against Trump were “mostly true,” while only 32percent dismissed the allegations as “mostly not true.”
Haley had previously said that women who accuse Trump of sexual impropriety“should be heard.”