DES MOINES, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump is looking ahead to his 2024 Republican rival Nikki, with less than a week left until the New Hampshire primary, which many observers say is a must-win for the former South Carolina governor. attacked Mr. Haley.
“Anyone listening to Nikki “Nimrada” [sic] After hearing Haley's crazy speech last night, you'd think she won the Iowa primary. She didn’t,” President Trump posted on Truth Social. “Nicky came in third from the farthest!”
Haley's full name is Nimarata Nikki Haley, and her critics have often used her name to draw unfair attention to her Indian heritage.
“She never went against me, said, 'He was a great president,' and should have followed her own advice. Now she's stuck with weak policies and a very powerful maga base, and she There's nothing we can do!'' Trump continued.
Haley's team quickly dismissed the 77-year-old's violent attacks against her as a sign of desperation.
“Donald Trump is attacking Nikki for one reason: She's powerful and he's scared,” campaign spokeswoman Annemarie Graham Burns told the paper.
“This is a two-man race between Nicki and Trump. Voters have a choice: Accept the turmoil, drama, and personal grievances of the past, or embrace a new generation of conservative leadership.”
President Trump also reposted a clip from a speech he gave Tuesday night in Atkinson, New Hampshire, in which he warned that “Mr. Haley expects Democrats and liberals to infiltrate the Republican Party.”
In another video he shared, the 45th president accused Haley of being supported by “RINOs, globalists, and crazy Never Trumpers.”
Trump later shared an image that combined portraits of Haley and his 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton, with the former first lady's failed presidential campaign's “H” campaign logo.
President Trump also criticized Haley for supporting entitlement reform, which he described as “cutting Social Security benefits,” and criticized her for supporting a gas tax increase when she was governor of South Carolina. .
Haley had It was pointed out in 2015 She said she supports raising the gas tax as long as it is combined with a lower state income tax.
“Haley is the establishment candidate loved by Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney,” read another meme shared by President Trump.
Trump's most prominent allies have been speculating for weeks that the former president might select Haley as his running mate, but both have ruled out the possibility. I haven't.
As President Trump ramps up his attacks on Haley, the former ambassador is doing the same to her.
“I go after Trump. That's exactly what I'm doing. There's no personal reason why I'm doing it, but the fact of the matter is, I don't want my kids to live like this. At some point, something has to give,'' Haley told CNN on Tuesday.
“People are tired of division and chaos. We can't have four more years of chaos. We can't survive it.”
She also compared President Trump to President Biden.
“They're both exactly the same. They're both in their 80s. They're both working on distracting investigations that will put us in trillions of dollars in debt. They're both going to have a lot of trouble in the future. It shows us all the time that there is no vision,” Haley said.
If Trump is elected and serves a full four-year term, he will be 82 years old when he leaves office.
There are only 6 days left until the New Hampshire primary election. Suffolk University/NBC10 Boston/Boston Globe The poll showed Trump's approval rating among likely Republicans at 50%, followed by Haley at 34% and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 5%.
The poll, which sampled 500 respondents and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points, is New Hampshire's first poll, released in the wake of Trump's landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses and the resignation of former New Jersey Gov. Chris. This is a large-scale survey. Christie, a racer, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.
