Why Nikki Haley will be rarest of Trump appointees to exit with dignity

Nikki Haley also has been the face of misguided and cruel Trump initiatives, like cutting funds to the agency providing crucial assistance to millions of Palestinian refugees

“With all due respect, I don’t get confused,” Nikki Haley, the United Nations ambassador, memorably once snapped to a reporter, after a senior — and, unsurprisingly, male — White House official attributed a tough position she’d announced on sanctioning Russia to “momentary confusion.”

While Ms. Haley might not have gotten confused herself, she could at times present a confusing picture. She could talk as bluntly as the president himself about the failings of the United Nations system, and yet, more quietly, she proved a practitioner of multilateral diplomacy.

In an administration that prizes lock-step loyalty, Ms. Haley managed to hold to at