President Donald Trump said Tuesday U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration "at the end of the year."
Trump spoke as he and Haley met in the Oval Office, shortly after word came of her plans to resign.
He called Haley a "very special" person, adding that she told him six months ago that she might want to take some time off. Trump said that together, they had "solved a lot of problems."
Big announcement with my friend Ambassador Nikki Haley in the Oval Office at 10:30am.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2018
It's the latest shake-up in the turbulent Trump administration just weeks before the November midterm election.
No reason for the resignation was immediately provided. She denies she is running for president in 2020.
Haley, 46, was appointed to the U.N. post in November 2016 and last month coordinated Trump's second trip to the United Nations, including his first time chairing the U.N. Security Council.
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