RADDATZ: “You really think that you and President Trump are saying the same things? Let me tell you one thing President Trump recently said. He defended Putin after Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly called him a killer, saying there are a lot of killers. Do you think our country is so innocent?

So, how does the U.S. maintain its role as the moral conscience of the world, to use your words this week, if the president won’t condemn what’s happening inside Russia?”

HALEY: “Well, Martha, this is what I can tell you, the president has not once called me and said don’t beat up on Russia, has not once called me and told me what to say, has not once...”

RADDATZ: “But he isn’t beating up on Russia. Should he be beating up on Russia, again?”

HALEY: “I am. I am beating up on Russia...”

RADDATZ: “So he doesn’t need to?”

HALEY: “Well, it’s ― of course, he’s got a lot of things he’s doing. But he is not stopping me from beating up on Russia. He’s not stopping me from talking about the pressure that China needs to be putting on North Korea. He’s not stopping me on how we’re working together to defeat ISIS.

Right now, General Mattis and I are working on peacekeeping reforms and stability with those issues. So, the president has not disagreed with one thing I’ve said. And that means he supports everything that I’m saying. And I’m going along with everything that I know this administration believes in.”

RADDATZ: “You know, you take over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council this month. And let me read some things you say you want.

You say you want to emphasize the role of human rights, that you intend to challenge members, not just to talk the talk, but walk the walk. Russia is going to be at that table having supported Syria’s President Assad in killing Syrian civilians, what you have called war crimes. Putin has jailed and killed dissidents in his own country. You talk tough. But again, doesn’t President Trump have to start talking tough?”

HALEY: “He has his people talking tough. And that’s what we’re doing is right now we’re saying whatever we need to say. Look, he’s the president. He can say what he wants whenever he wants…”