It’s safe to say that many couples have fallen on hard times, but Nikki and Michael Haley’s circumstances proved to be even more challenging when they became entangled in Nikki’s parents’ debt. Nikki’s career was soaring to all-new heights in 2016 when then-President Donald Trump tapped her to serve as the ambassador to the United Nations. But that all came crashing down when it was revealed that her parents’ Lake Murray home, located in Columbia, South Carolina, was being foreclosed on. The kicker? Nikki and Michael were also listed as defendants in the proceedings. Fortunately, Nikki had a plan to pull her family out of their precarious predicament. She quit her government job — one that paid her $185,000 a year — to cash in on her political prowess instead via public speaking engagements, book deals, and consulting services.
While Haley has often been criticized for her hasty exit from her job as a public servant, it appears neither she nor her hubby have any regrets. In fact, in her 2022 book titled, “If You Want Something Done…: Leadership Lessons from Bold Women” she seemingly doubled down in a heartfelt message that read, “To my mom, who taught me how to dream, how to fight, how to love, but most importantly how to live with a faith in God that would get me through anything.”
