The former president places a lot of value in a quality that he hinted that Haley lacks.
"To me, loyalty is a very important word but you can look at Nikki Haley...She said 'I would never run against our president,'" Trump said."[Haley and DeSantis] have to do what they have to do. It's okay."
Above, former President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport on October 8, 2022, in Minden, Nevada. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley appears on Fox News's"Hannity" on January 20, 2023. After Haley announced she will run for president in 2024, Trump questioned her loyalty during an appearance on Jenna Ellis’ radio show.
"I just let people know, because I believe in loyalty, that he was at like 3 percent [in the polls]. He was dead in politics. He was never going to be in office. He was getting ready to leave the race, then he came over and asked whether or not it would be possible for me to endorse him," Trump said."For whatever reason, I did endorse him, and he ended up going up like a rocket ship, and he won that election.
Trump claimed that his participation in rallies for DeSantis helped secure the Floridian's eventual victory in his state. "He ended up beating a guy that he wasn't supposed to beat, because of me. Then he runs. So, you know, I call that disloyalty. But I have no problem. He's gonna have to do what he has to do," he said."But I'm a very big believer in loyalty. Somebody gets you in, you sort of be loyal to that person..."
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