{"id":77003,"date":"2017-07-05T15:41:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T19:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=77003"},"modified":"2017-07-05T15:43:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T19:43:50","slug":"77003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=77003","title":{"rendered":"Does Nikki Haley understand what the Founding Fathers sacrificed for the American Republic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Nikki Haley Complains The North Korea Threat Stole Her July Fourth<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_77004\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/170629141244-03-nikki-haley-june-28-2017-super-tease.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77004\" class=\"wp-image-77004 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/170629141244-03-nikki-haley-june-28-2017-super-tease-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/170629141244-03-nikki-haley-june-28-2017-super-tease-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/170629141244-03-nikki-haley-june-28-2017-super-tease-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/170629141244-03-nikki-haley-june-28-2017-super-tease-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/170629141244-03-nikki-haley-june-28-2017-super-tease.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-77004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Alex Wong\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>By ALEX GLADU<br \/>\nBUSTLE<\/p>\n<p>After North Korea reportedly tested a long-range missile on Tuesday, American officials had to get to work. The missile supposedly features a longer range than those used in North Korea&#8217;s previous tests, which could lead to a more serious threat to the U.S. The full scope of implications of such a threat could still be unknown, but in the short term,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/07\/03\/asia\/north-korea-missile-japan-waters\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Korea&#8217;s missile test sent U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley<\/a>\u00a0into meetings all day.<\/p>\n<p>According to a tweet from her verified account on Tuesday, Haley, the former South Carolina Republican governor, was &#8220;spending my 4th in meetings all day.&#8221; She added the seemingly sarcastic hashtag, &#8220;Thanks North Korea.&#8221; She\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nikkihaley\/status\/882372767043252224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also tweeted out a statement<\/a>\u00a0from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson condemning the missile launch, and she announced that the U.S., Japan, and South Korea had\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nikkihaley\/status\/882379926032318465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called for an emergency meeting<\/a>\u00a0of the United Nations&#8217; Security Council to address North Korea&#8217;s action.<\/p>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s tweets all came in response to an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that North Korea reportedly launched more than 1,700 miles high on Tuesday, according to CNN. The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/who-are-north-koreas-allies-kim-jong-uns-missile-tests-are-putting-the-us-on-edge-50363\" target=\"_parent\">\u00a0missile launch followed several other tests<\/a>\u00a0by North Korea in recent months, but Tuesday&#8217;s launch seemed to heighten concerns from the U.S., as North Korea&#8217;s arsenal\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/how-far-can-icbm-missile-go-north-korea-claims-it-launched-one-successfully-68161\" target=\"_parent\">may now be able to reach Alaska<\/a>. Given that potential, Haley&#8217;s day in meetings seems to make sense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The amount of arrogance in this tweet is baffling. Is serving the American people an inconvenience for you? If so, feel free to step down.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Geraldine Just Follow TheEverywhereist on Threads (@everywhereist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/everywhereist\/status\/882348758087774208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s tweet about her Fourth of July was not well-received. While some respondents rushed to her defense, many Twitter users called the ambassador out for making light of her job and the situation at hand.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Weinsteinlaw\/status\/882354426836635649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Some reminded her\u00a0<\/a>that many members of the military and law enforcement agencies were also working on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Haley did not appear to respond to the criticism, but she did share updates from her meetings. Sharing a photo of herself flanked by her fellow international officials, Haley announced a request for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.\u00a0<em>The Washington Examiner<\/em>\u00a0reported that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/nikki-haley-requests-emergency-un-security-council-meeting-on-north-korea\/article\/2627757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Security Council meeting<\/a>\u00a0would likely happen on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The U.S., Japan &amp; S.Korea have called for an open emergency meeting of the Security Council regarding N.Korea&#39;s ICBM launch. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VlCamPpWIq\">pic.twitter.com\/VlCamPpWIq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Archive: Ambassador Nikki Haley (@AmbNikkiHaley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmbNikkiHaley\/status\/882379926032318465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s boss, President Trump, sent out a sarcastic tweet of his own after North Korea&#8217;s missile launch. &#8220;Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?&#8221; Trump tweeted on Monday night, seemingly referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/882061157900718081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Haley, Trump, and Tillerson may have all publicly responded to the missile test, but they weren&#8217;t the only American officials reportedly working after the launch. Officials in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/07\/04\/politics\/us-officials-meet-north-korea-missile-launch\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pentagon released a statement<\/a>\u00a0on the missile launch, and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-8th-army-south-korea-joint-military-exercise-response-north-korea-intercontinental-ballistic-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Army carried out an exercise<\/a>\u00a0with South Korea&#8217;s military on Tuesday in the wake of the ICBM test. &#8220;The launch continues to demonstrate that North Korea poses a threat to the United States and our allies,&#8221; the Pentagon&#8217;s statement read, according to CNN. Despite the celebratory holiday, American officials across the board seemed to acknowledge that there was work to be done.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/nikki-haley-complains-the-north-korea-threat-stole-her-july-fourth-68182\">http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/nikki-haley-complains-the-north-korea-threat-stole-her-july-fourth-68182<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikki Haley Complains The North Korea Threat Stole Her July Fourth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}