Miami, February 15 Former US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley “struggled with the decision to run” as the Republican presidential candidate, and revealed that encouraged her to follow her heart.
“Nikki Haley had a hard time making the decision to run because she publicly said she would never run against the president. He (Trump) did a great job and was the best president I’ve ever had. “, Trump wrote on his own. social network. The truth, quoting the former US governor and UN ambassador.
Trump (2017-2021) adds that he advised Haley, who is very critical of the management of current President Joe Biden, to “follow his heart, not his ambition or his beliefs. Who knows , stranger things have happened,” said the 76-year-old former president, who last November confirmed his ambitions to be the 2024 presidential candidate and thus opened the race for the Republican nomination.
So far, only Trump and Haley have run as Republican candidates, but two other possible candidates are in the works: former Trump allies Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence; the second, vice-president during his mandate.
Born in Bamberg, South Carolina, in January 1972 to a home of Sikh immigrants from Punjab in India, Haley held her first campaign rally on Wednesday in Charleston, in the state itself, after having officially announced the day before in a video of his intention to run for the Republican nomination for the US presidency for the 2024 election.
“I stand before you as the daughter of immigrants, as the proud wife of a veteran, and as the mother of two wonderful boys. I have served as Governor of the great state of South Carolina, Ambassador of the States United at the UN and above all, as a grateful American citizen,” she said.
Haley said the country’s best days are yet to come if Americans come together and fight to save it: “For a strong America, for a proud America, I am running for president,” he said. .
During her rally, Haley was also very critical of the management of the current President, Joe Biden, assuring that under the Biden administration and the Vice President, Kamala Harris, the “hatred of self” is sweeping the country, both in schools, as in business or government.
After years of preparation, Haley confirmed an open secret yesterday: that she is ready to run for President of the United States. Her proposal is to kick the thugs, as she said herself, and remove her former boss, Donald Trump, from the board.
Haley, 51, became the first Republican to come forward to challenge the party’s presidential bid against Trump, who aspires to reclaim the post he already held between 2017 and 2021.
After being elected president, Trump appointed his United States ambassador to the UN in a term that stood out for his desire to affirm the “strength” of his country, to support his allies – especially Israel – and to make sure they give it to him. .income.
Haley remained in office for two years, during which he had to deal with issues such as Iran or North Korea and in which there was no shortage of disagreements with the president.
On October 9, 2018, he announced he would leave office at the end of the year, a decision that experts have interpreted as a tactic to distance himself from Trump, in view of his future candidacy. ECE
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