Before she decided to challenge him in the 2024 election, Nikki Haley had a long track record of criticizing Donald Trump. Haley refused to endorse Trump early in his first campaign run. "Mr. Trump has definitely contributed to what I think is just irresponsible talk," she told Today in 2016, referring to his legacy of misinformation. Despite these reservations, Haley readily joined Trump's administration, becoming the first woman of color to attain a senior position in his cabinet. Haley represented the United States as an Ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018.
After she left Trump's administration, she remained active in Republican politics. After the Capitol riots in 2021, Haley once again urged the GOP to move on from Trump's dangerous leadership. However, in a confusing turn of events, she later retracted her disapproval of the controversial president. "We need him in the Republican party. I don't want us to go back to the days before Trump," Haley told the Wall Street Journal.
Haley has made it a point to emphasize the importance of her former boss' influence within the party, while at the same time criticizing his missteps. As a hopeful in the 2024 presidential election, it seems Haley has once again turned on Trump who is her main competitor for the Republican nomination. Despite his indictment in civil and federal court cases, prison time still couldn't stop Trump from running.
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