Haley’s stint as ambassador, like other recent US envoys to the UN, was heavily defined by US hostility toward the UN in general, reacting furiously to every UN attempt to rein in Israel, and condemning Russia and Iran every time the UN didn’t back a US position on Syria.

Her hawkish, bellicose tone had a lot of Western media outlets spinning her as a “voice of reason” resisting President Trump’s occasional peace-making impulses, and presenting her as a comparative moderate.