Trump Offers Elise Stefanik Job as US Ambassador to UN, CNN reports

FILE PHOTO: Elise Stefanik, U.S. Representative, speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

(Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump has offered Republican Representative Elise Stefanik the job as U.S.ambassador to the United Nations, CNN reported on Sunday, citing two unnamed sources.

Reuters earlier reported that Stefanik, a fierce Trump ally, was under consideration for the role.

"President-Elect Trump will begin making decisions on who will serve in his second Administration soon. Those decisions will be announced when they are made," Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump-Vance team said in an emailed statement, without confirming or denying the CNN report.

Stefanik could not be immediately reached.

Trump said on Saturday that former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not be asked to join his administration.

Haley served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nationsunder Trump during his previous term and had endorsedTrump for president despite having criticized him harshly when she ran against him in the party primaries.

Trump is meeting with potential candidates to serve in his administration before his Jan. 20 inauguration as president.

Reuters reported Friday that Trump met with prominent investor Scott Bessent, who is a potential U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee.

(Reporting by Shubham Kalia and Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Lincoln Feast.)