Former President Donald Trump is trying to tamp down speculation that former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley may be his running mate.
And Don Jr. is here to help.
Trump’s main GOP rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and others on the right have argued in recent days that Trump is eyeing Haley, who served as his ambassador to the U.N., as a 2024 running mate as she has surged in polls recently, especially in New Hampshire.
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Last week, DeSantis’ team, as the Tampa Free Press reported, noted that CBS News and Politico had reported that Trump had recently asked close advisers: “What do you think of Nikki?”
Politico’s report specifically noted that Trump’s son was among a cadre of those close to Trump who were telling him not to “even think about choosing Nikki Haley.”
On Wednesday, The Epoch Times reported that Don Jr. said he would go to “great lengths” to block Haley as a veep selection.
“I would go to great lengths to make sure that doesn’t happen,” Don Jr. told Newsmax in an interview published Christmas Day.
“Nikki Haley wants never-ending wars. She’s a puppet of the establishment in Washington, D.C. She’s the new favorite candidate of the billionaire class because they want control — no different than academia and Harvard and using, you know, their billions to exercise influence,” Don Jr. continued.
If Haley somehow wound up as vice president, he added, she would work to “destroy Donald Trump from within.”
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“The second she ever got that, you know, anointment, it would be a disaster of epic proportions. So I would hope that that never is on the table, and I don’t think it is,” Don Jr. continued.
Other influential conservatives have cautioned Trump about this move.
The Times noted that Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said the MAGA movement “would revolt if Nikki Haley were to even be given an internship in Trump’s next administration.”
As the Free Press has reported, pundit Tucker Carlson has said he would actively work against Trump if he chooses Haley.
Some on Trump’s team have dismissed the speculation as a campaign ploy floated by DeSantis.
Nonetheless, Trump himself tried on Tuesday to indicate he has no love lost for Haley.
In a Truth Social post criticizing Americans for Prosperity for its support of Haley, Trump resurrected a past insult by referring to her as “Birdbrain,” adding that she is a “Globalist RINO.”
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