共和党总统候选人候选人妮基·黑利显然收回了她曾经对沙特阿拉伯王储的强硬言论。
虽然海莉之前说她持有沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼她对2018年谋杀记者和沙特持不同政见者贾迈勒·哈肖吉(Jamal Khashoggi)负有“责任”，她似乎在周二的讲话中改变了对这位被称为“MBS”的沙特领导人的态度，强调美国需要阿拉伯国家“与我们在一起”。
“我们需要更多的朋友。我的意思是，看看发生了什么:拜登去了，基本上称沙特阿拉伯为“贱民”。现在，MBS将会比所有的领导者都长寿。他很年轻。你叫他“贱民”，你做了什么?“你把他送到了中国，”哈利周二在华盛顿特区的美国企业研究所说我们需要阿拉伯国家和我们在一起，而不是中国，我猜他们更愿意和我们在一起，而不是中国。"
2022年10月，哈利对沙特领导的欧佩克+做出的决定表示了某种程度的理解削减石油产量在乔·拜登总统之后呼叫沙特阿拉伯在2019年成为“贱民”——但值得注意的是，没有提到她此前强烈批评的MBS。
“我不知道为什么他会生气，当你去呼吁世界其他国家让沙特阿拉伯成为国际社会的弃儿，当你去全力以赴加入伊朗协议，这让所有阿拉伯国家感到不安，”哈利说讲述2022年的福克斯新闻频道。
2018年，黑利在谈到沙特政府是否需要为谋杀Khashoggi负责时表示，“沙特政府没有通行证”。
“Khashoggi的整体情况是，我们不能给他们一个通行证。我们不能，”哈利在2018年接受采访时说大西洋杂志。“原因是，沙特政府官员在沙特领事馆这样做了。沙特政府没有通行证。我们不能宽恕它，我们不能说这没什么，我们不能支持谋杀行为，我们必须这么说。”
当被问及MBS是否应该承担后果时，哈利当时说，“这是他的政府。他的政府做到了这一点，所以从技术上来说，他是有责任的。”
这位前美国驻联合国大使在周二的讲话中谈到了其他几个国际话题唐纳德·特朗普总统和拜登在处理中国.
“特朗普总统几乎非常关注我们与中国的贸易关系。他对我们滥用贸易的看法是对的。它被灌输为一个关键问题。但特朗普在中国威胁的其他方面做得太少，”这位前大使说。“特朗普总统离任时，中国的军事实力比他上任时更强。那很糟糕。但乔·拜登的记录要糟糕得多。”
哈利说，特朗普在中国问题上“表现不佳”，表现出道德弱点。
“当中国不出所料地未能兑现承诺时，就连他签署的贸易协议也没有达到目标，”她说。"他也表现出道德上的弱点。"
2023年6月27日，共和党总统候选人妮基·黑利在美国企业研究所发表演讲。
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自从离开特朗普政府以来，海莉对特朗普的忠诚度一直在动摇。在2月份发起竞选之前，哈利在2021年表示，如果特朗普参加竞选，她不会参加2024年的竞选。但在2021年初，哈利建议特朗普在1月6日骚乱中的角色应该被取消再次寻求总统职位的资格。告诉政治杂志，“他走上了一条他不该走的路，我们不该跟踪他，也不该听他的。我们不能让这种事情再次发生。”
当周二被问及新发行的录音对于特朗普似乎承认他在离任后保留了一份敏感的军事文件，尽管他不再能够解密，因为他不再是总统，哈利提出异议，称她将让法院做出决定。
“就已经发生的录音而言，我们将让法院来处理，”她说。
这段录音的内容是在2021年7月21日在特朗普新泽西州贝德明斯特高尔夫俱乐部举行的一次会议上录制的，此前曾被报道，并在司法部与特朗普卸任后处理机密文件有关的37项指控中被引用。美国广播公司新闻能够从另一个听过录音的来源证实录音的真实性。
法宝无罪辩护检察官说，他一再拒绝归还数百份包含从美国核机密到国家国防能力等机密信息的文件。他否认了所有指控，并谴责调查是政治迫害。
特朗普在共和党提名竞争中遥遥领先。
Nikki Haley seemingly softens stance on Saudi crown prince she once called 'responsible' for death of Jamal Khashoggi
Republican presidentialcandidate Nikki Haleyapparently backpedaled on her once tough rhetoric toward Saudi Arabia's crown prince.
While Haley previously said she heldSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman"responsible" for the 2018 murder of journalist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, she seemingly changed her tune on the Saudi leader, known as "MBS," in remarks on Tuesday, stressing that the United States needs Arab countries to "be with us."
"We need more friends. I mean, look at what happened: Biden goes and basically calls Saudi Arabia a 'pariah.' Now, MBS is going to outlive every leader. He's young. You called him a 'pariah' and what did you do? You sent him to China," Haley said at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. "We need the Arab countries to be with us, not China, and my guess is they would rather be with us than China."
In October 2022, Haley expressed some degree of understanding of the decision of OPEC+, which is led by Saudi Arabia, toslash oil productionafter President Joe BidencalledSaudi Arabia a "pariah" in 2019 -- but notably made no mention of MBS, whom she previously strongly criticized.
"I don't know why he's mad when you go and you call for the rest of the world to make Saudi Arabia an international pariah, when you go in [and] you fall all over yourself to get into the Iran deal, which upsets all of the Arab countries," HaleytoldFox News in 2022.
In 2018, Haley said that "the Saudi government doesn't get a pass" when speaking about whether the Saudi government needs to be held accountable for the murder of Khashoggi.
"The whole situation with Khashoggi is, we can't give them a pass. We can't," Haley said in a 2018 interview withThe Atlantic magazine. "The reason is, you have Saudi government officials that did this in a Saudi consulate. The Saudi government doesn't get a pass. We can't condone it, we can't ever say it's okay, we can't ever support thuggish behavior, and we have to say that."
Asked specifically whether there should be consequences for MBS, Haley said at the time, "It's his government. His government did this, and so he technically is responsible."
The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations touched on several other international topics during her Tuesday remarks, calling out both formerPresident Donald Trumpand Biden for their handling ofChina.
"President Trump is almost singularly focused on our trade relationship with China. He was right about our trade abuses. It was instilled as a critical issue. But Trump did too little about the rest of the Chinese threat," said the former ambassador. "China was militarily stronger when President Trump left office than when he entered. That's bad. But Joe Biden's record is much worse."
Haley said Trump came up "short" with China and showed moral weakness.
"Even the trade deal he signed came up short when China predictably failed to live up to its commitment," she said. "He also showed moral weakness."
Haley has waffled in her loyalty to Trump since leaving his administration. Before launching her campaign in February, Haley said in 2021 that she would not mount a 2024 bid if Trump entered the race. But in early 2021, Haley suggested Trump's role in the Jan. 6 riot should be disqualifying for seeking the presidency again,tellingPolitico magazine, "He went down a path he shouldn't have, and we shouldn't have followed him, and we shouldn't have listened to him. And we can't let that ever happen again."
When asked Tuesday about thenewly-released audio recordingof Trump appearing to acknowledge he held onto a sensitive military document after leaving office although he could no longer declassify it because he was no longer president, Haley demurred, saying she will let the courts make a decision.
"In terms of the recording that's happened, we're going to let the courts play that out," she said.
The contents of the recording, made during a July 21, 2021, meeting at Trump's Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, have been previously reported and are quoted in the Justice Department's 37-count indictment related to Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving office. ABC News was able to confirm the authenticity of the recording from another source who has heard it.
Trumppled not guiltythis month to 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the nation's defense capabilities. He has denied all charges and denounced the probe as a political witch hunt.
Trump has a comfortable lead in the race for the Republican nomination.
