Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley took a break from waiting on her delayed Popcorn Factory delivery to tour the campus of South Carolina State University yesterday and answer questions from reporters.
Haley, who is widely expected to seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, was asked if she would support Donald Trump should he choose to run again, to which she answered in the affirmative. Not only that, but she wouldn’t even consider running herself.
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“I would not run if President Trump ran, and I would talk to him about it,” Haley said. “That’s something that we’ll have a conversation about at some point, if that decision is something that has to be made.”
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Haley went on to say that she and Trump had a “great working relationship” and she “appreciated” him and the foreign policy work they accomplished together.
I asked @NikkiHaley if she would support Donald Trump if he runs again in 2024.
“Yes,” she told me.
“I would not run if President Trump ran, and I would talk to him about it,” she added. “That’s something that we will have a conversation about, at some point.”
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— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) April 12, 2021
That’s quite a turnaround from remarks she made back in February when she told Politico she was “disgusted” by the ex-president, who she claimed had “fallen so far.”
“We need to acknowledge he let us down,” Haley said. “He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that ever happen again.”
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Of course, those remarks were a complete turnaround from what she said about Trump just a few months before that in her 2020 RNC speech, when she complimented his exceptional leadership and called him “a godsend” to America.
Sooooo which is it, Nikki?
Here’s what Twitter is saying about the idea of a “President Haley”…
Nikki Haley will never be president.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) April 12, 2021
Nikki Haley continues her amazing streak of underwhelming us all to the highest degree.
— Jesse Lifson (@DoYouEvenLif) April 12, 2021
Notorious flip flop Nikki Haley now saying she WOULD support Trump in 2024. That woman gives me fucking whiplash.
— Amy Lynn ???? (@AmyAThatcher) April 12, 2021
It's hilarious that the media is asking Nikki Haley, who has no chance of winning in 2024, whether she'll run against Donald Trump, who also has no chance of winning in 2024.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) April 12, 2021
If cancel culture is real why do I have to keep hearing about Nikki Haley.
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) April 12, 2021
Nobody:
Literally not a single person:
Nikki Haley: I will not run for President if Trump does
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) April 12, 2021
I’m gonna go out on a limb here, but Nikki Haley will never be president, no matter how many times she switches positions.
— (((Jim *End The Filibuster* Gray))) (@KitchenGuyMT) April 13, 2021
Not really sure what the point of Nikki Haley is
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 13, 2021
Are you sure Nikki Haley isn't Tulsi Gabbard's sister?
— Fin FoxGuy #MyPresident #Biden #Harris (@FinFox2) April 12, 2021
We see you @NikkiHaley and we get you and in all honesty and good faith we find you to be an utter embarrassment.
— Ted Boutrous (@BoutrousTed) April 13, 2021
Nikki Haley says she will not run if Trump runs for president in 2024.
Whatevs Nikki — order some popcorn
— Outspoken (@Out5p0ken) April 12, 2021
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tjay7
Nikki should come out with her own brand of flip flops.
Max
with so many other flipper-floppers in the GOP, she’s got sales competition!
Thad
Nikki Haley was just about the only Trump appointee who wasn’t batshit crazy. Guess we have to review that judgment.
But she was on the campus of South Carolina STATE?! That’s an HBCU! Where I’m sure Trump isn’t revered.
woodroad34
She gives new meaning to Brahman Bull(sh*t)
Fahd
Niki Halley represents a caricature of vulgar, shameless careerism. She’s a disgrace to women and Americans of South Asian ancestry. I used to think she was just a Republican version of Kamela Harris, but now I think Halley is much worse, bordering on a danger to our democracy in her willingness to get into bed (at least figuratively) with Trump.
woodroad34
I’m guessing she really likes her mushrooms.
woodroad34
Oh, Nikki-Nik-Nik-Nik….you helped ruined our relationships with the rest of the world, and now you want us to totally implode as a nation. Ever hear of ‘cancer’?; ’cause that’s whatcha are, Blanche. Say hello to your sister succubi, Michelle and Sarah.
Goforit
Please make sure everyone knows that you are referring to Michelle Bachman and not Michelle Obama.
Kangol2
She’s clearly vying to be Don the Covid Con’s VP pick should he not be imprisoned and thus still eligible to run in 2024. Kissing his racist, treasonous, extremely corrupt @ss might not be enough, though, since she did criticize him and he remembers every slight better than an elephant, even if he has no clue about reality otherwise.
James
AND YOU THOUGHT TRUMP WAS A HORRIBLE PRESIDENT. SHE’S A LUNATIC.
barryaksarben
Trump was still worse as he has no concept of decency. He has absolutly no soul. Nothing is of value to him unless it is a cash value. Human life means nothing to him unless he can monetiuze it and he has such a rotten child’s sense of ego. Spoiled, arrogant and just mean and low
LumpyPillows
Not that I ever would have voted for her, but this is just pathetic. The planet will be better off when Trump is no longer around.
cuteguy
Let her run. It will make Biden’s re election guaranteed. Besides Haley being completely evil, she’s also a she. Look at Hilary. Had only the Dems had nominated an old white guy in 2016, we could’ve been sparred 4 yeas ig chump. Sad but true. This country will never vote anybody but a white straight male who’s on top of the ticket. Disgusting but reality
Gadfeal
Nimrata Ramdawa must be insanely jealous that she was beaten to the White House by Kamala Harris who, unlike Ms. Ramdawa, has not tried to hide her South Asian origins from changing even her first name, to taking on her husband’s name professionally, and using skin lightning products that are found in Indic nations.
Ronbo
Biden represents a path back to sanity. Haley’s remarks and allegiance to Trump are good news for those of us wanting to fix the broken system. Trump lost by over 7,000,000 votes and growing.