Former President Donald Trump on Saturday denied a report that former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is being his choice for vice president.
Trump and President Joe Biden became the presumptive Republican and Democratic nominees for the 2024 presidential election, respectively, in March after a series of No. 1 victories. Since Trump clinched the presidential nomination, this has sparked more speculation about his choice of vice president. which has led to the addition of several prominent names.
However, Trump has not given any genuine indications, only mildly praising other people and ruling out any option of opting for Mike Pence again after their relationship broke down in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U. S. Capitol.
Earlier on Saturday, Axios first reported that Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, would be actively thought of as a way through Trump’s crusade to become his vice presidential nominee, as the news site wrote: “Republicans close to any of the crusades in which Haley and Trump’s mutual interest must be reconciled” following their rivalry in the GOP primary.
However, the former president on Saturday took to Truth Social, his social media platform, to deny the information.
“Nikki Haley is not a candidate for vice president, but I wish her the best of luck!DJT,” he wrote.
Since Trump’s social media post, Axios updated its report by writing that Trump “stepped in and rejected the idea. “
Newsweek reached out to Trump’s crusade and Haley’s email for comment.
While names like South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem and six others could be his potential vice presidential candidates, Trump said he would likely decide on his vice president in the run-up to the Republican National Convention in July.
In an interview with Newsmax in March, Trump insinuated that he had excluded “certain people” as potential vice presidential candidates because they had not “behaved appropriately. “He also said he had some candidates in mind “that I would possibly know very well. “Okay. “
Meanwhile, Haley and Trump criticized each other during the Republican primary.
Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations, had escalated her grievances against the former president in the weeks leading up to Super Tuesday, calling him unfit for the task and predicting he would lose the general election to Biden.
Haley has backed Trump since dropping out of the race following the effects of Super Tuesday in March.
Trump also criticized Haley, as he had already said in February before the electorate cast their ballots in the South Carolina Republican primary, that Republicans “don’t like her, they don’t like her and they don’t like her policies. “
In addition, she had said in the past that she would not be elected vice president because she was not “presidential wood. “
“She’s fine, but she doesn’t have a presidential personality. And when I say that, it means she won’t be elected vice president,” Trump said at a rally in New Hampshire in January.
According to Axios on Saturday, if Haley were vice president, she could be offering her connections to donors who distrust Trump. In addition, it has been reported that a reconciliation with Haley would also help the former president attract an express organization of the electorate. who continued to vote for her in the primary, even after she dropped out.
Natalie Venegas is a weekend reporter at Newsweek in New York City. She focuses on education, social justice issues, physical care, crime, and politics, while specializing in marginalized and underrepresented communities. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, Natalie worked with news. publications such as Adweek, Al Día, and Austin Monthly Magazine. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. You can contact Natalie by emailing n. venegas@newsweek. com
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