Nikki Haley pushed back Wednesday against President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that she wouldn’t be welcome in his new administration, pointing out that she had long said she wasn’t interested and revealing she had been contacted by his transition team.

Donald Trump has ruled out appointing Nikki Haley to his Cabinet, after the pair fought a bitter Republican primary battle earlier this year. The president-elect said he appreciated Ms Haley’s work during his first term in the White House,

Former South Carolina governor and Republican presidential candidate Haley not invited back into Trump administration after serving as UN ambassador under him.