Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will “probably” not be chosen as Donald Trump's 2024 running mate if he wins the Republican nomination, the former president told New Hampshire voters on Friday. told.
The 77-year-old Republican presidential primary front-runner's comments came the same day Haley was heard telling voters in the Granite State that it was “impossible” that she would be Trump's vice president. Ta.
“She was fine, but she wasn't presidential,” Trump said at a rally in Concord, referring to her time as ambassador to the United Nations during Haley's administration.
“For me to say that now probably means she won't be chosen as vice president,” he added, leaving little doubt that Haley would not be named No. 2.
“When you say certain things, you take that person out of the conversation, right?” Trump continued. “You can't say, 'She's not the right person to be vice president,' and then say, 'Guys, I'm proud of my choice — you understand?'”
The former president also revealed that one of the reasons he nominated Haley to his cabinet in 2016 was because he wanted then-Lt. Gov. Haley of South Carolina. Governor Henry McMaster leads the Palmetto State.
“By moving [Haley] “At some point Henry McMaster is going to be governor of South Carolina,” Trump said of his thought process at the time.
“He's been with me the whole time. I asked him a favor,” Trump said of McMaster's appointment as governor in January 2017.
Haley's Republican primary rivals have long speculated that the front-runner for the White House is aiming for a spot below Trump on the 2024 Republican ticket. Haley insists she is not in the race for second place, but has not specifically said she would reject Trump's offer, and such a declaration could move the news cycle “for days.” He argued that it would be.
Her clearest rejection of the idea so far came Friday in Amherst, when a voter asked her whether she would vow not to be President Trump's running mate.
“I've said from the beginning that I don't play second fiddle, I don't want to be somebody's vice president. That's beside the point,” Haley reportedly replied. politiko And that washington post.
“I've always said that. It's a game they play, but I'm not going to play it. I don't want to be vice president,” she added.
