WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley closed the door Wednesday to the possibility of moving the ambassador’s residence to Trump Tower, telling Congress she’ll stay at another New York hotel “until it’s time for me to leave.”
The U.S. decided in 2015 to move its longtime ambassador’s residence in New York out of the famed Waldorf Astoria hotel. Haley confirmed that the decision was made due to U.S. concerns about spying and security when the hotel was being purchased by a Chinese-owned company.
The ambassador’s residence was moved to another hotel near U.N. headquarters, but there’s been speculation since President Donald Trump took office that he might move it again to midtown Manhattan building that bears his family’s name.
Not so, Haley told Congress. She said she hadn’t picked her current location, but planned to stay there nonetheless.
“I’m not moving to Trump Tower,” she said.