The former president places a lot of value in a quality that he hinted that Haley lacks.
Former President Donald Trump has made it clear numerous times over the years that he places a special value on loyalty, and he indicated on Tuesday that he feels Nikki Haley has not measured up to his standards.
Haley is a former governor of South Carolina and later served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Trump. On Tuesday, she announced her White House bid in a video in which she said it’s “time for a new generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border and strengthen our country, our pride and our purpose.”
Speaking with Ellis, who was a senior legal adviser to Trump before she launched her radio show and podcast, Trump talked about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ possible presidential run before referencing a comment Haley made in 2021 about how she “would not run if President Trump ran.” (When asked about the comment by Fox News in January, Haley backtracked and called for a “new generational change.”)
“To me, loyalty is a very important word but you can look at Nikki Haley…She said ‘I would never run against our president,'” Trump said.
