"I don't get confused"

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🗓️ 19 April 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Nikki Haley has had a rough week. On Sunday, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations announced sanctions against Russia. On Monday, the White House said there would be no sanctions. Then, the president’s economic advisor said Haley was simply “confused.” Vox’s Zack Beauchamp explains how Ambassador Haley punched back and why this isn’t the best look for the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:22.0	May 2nd.
0:28.9	Zach Beechham, host of the worldly podcast.
0:30.6	Welcome back to today.
0:31.6	Explained, hello, Sean.
0:33.4	On Sunday, US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley said, Russian sanctions will be
0:40.6	coming down.
0:41.6	Secretary of the nation will be announcing those on Monday if he hasn't already.
0:45.9	And at this point in our history, imposing sanctions on Russia, not exactly beyond the
0:51.5	pale.
0:52.5	No, since especially the assassination attempt on a double agent in Britain, the US
0:58.8	and Russia have been in this sort of cycle and counter cycle of sanctioning each other.
1:04.2	But then something sort of exceptional happens.
1:06.2	Yeah.
1:07.2	Big twist.
1:12.3	So she said this on, I believe, of space the nation.
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