Former President Donald Trump says he’s “probably” not choosing Nikki Haley for vice president.
Former President Donald Trump says he’s not picking Nikki Haley for vice president.
“She is not presidential timber,” Trump said at his campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, on Friday. “Now when I say that, that probably means that she’s not going to be chosen as the vice president.”
Trump’s comments come as he has increased his attacks on his former ambassador to the United Nations as she attempts to cut into his lead in New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
“I know her very well. She’s not tough enough. She’s not smart enough. And she wasn’t respected enough. She cannot do this job,” Trump said, spending much of his speech on Friday disparaging her. “She’s not going to be able to deal with President Xi. She’s not going to be able to deal with Putin.”
On the campaign trail, Haley has avoided directly answering the question of whether she’d accept the role of vice president, answering the question with “I don’t play for second.”
“I am not running to be vice president. I have said that in every way I know possible,” Haley said at a campaign stop in Iowa earlier this month. “I don’t play for a second. I’ve never done it in my life. I’m not doing it.”
She’s also challenged the idea that Trump would be the one picking a vice president as she continues to claim there’s still a pathway to victory for her.
