Trump shifts to attacking Nikki Haley after debates: 'Birdbrain'
by Julia Johnson, Politics Reporter
September 29, 2023 03:41 PM
Former President Donald Trump shifted his line of attack to focus on former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, one of his Republican primary opponents in 2024, in a number of posts to Truth Social as she rises in the polls.
Trump, who leads his opponents by double digits and boasts the support of more than half of likely Republican primary voters, has mostly limited his criticisms to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who initially showed donors the most promise in challenging him for the nomination. But now, as DeSantis struggles to recoup support in the polls and Haley is on the upswing following powerful debate performances, the former president appears to be switching targets.
"MAGA, or I, will never go for Birdbrain Nikki Haley. No loyalty, plenty of lies!" Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday. "'I will never run against our great President,' she said, 'he has done an outstanding job.' To which I responded,'How nice of you to say, Nikki,' knowing full well that her words mean nothing. She even came to Mar-a-Lago with her family, 'bearing gifts.' Anyway, Birdbrain doesn’t have the TALENT or TEMPERAMENT to do the job. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
He further shared a video of Haley from 2021, prior to her entrance to the race, when she told reporters that she wouldn't run for president if Trump did.
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