Indian-American Nikki Haley, who has emerged as a strong contender in the Republican presidential primary race, doesn\u2019t think her rival Donald Trump is the right person to be President at the moment. During the fourth Republican debate on December 6, Haley, the former South Carolina Governor, did not answer whether Trump is fit to be president, but she told ABC News that it is not about fitness but rather Trump is just not the right person to be President right now. \u201cIt\u2019s not about fitness. I think he\u2019s fit to be President. It\u2019s \u2018Should he be President?\u2019 I don\u2019t think he should be President. I thought he was the right President at the right time,\u201d Haley said in an interview that was aired on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to look at the issues that we\u2019re dealing with, coming forward with new solutions, not focusing on negativity and baggage of the past. So it\u2019s not about being fit. It\u2019s just I don\u2019t think he\u2019s the right person to be President,\u201d she said. Trump maintains an unprecedented lead over his rivals in both early state and national polls, with 61 per cent of self-identified Republicans saying they would vote for the former President in the state-by-state nominating contest, according to a recent Reuters\/Ipsos opinion poll.<\/p>\n
Haley, who served as Trump\u2019s UN ambassador for the first two years of his administration, has urged the country to move past him in recent interviews. In an interview with CNN this week, Haley said that though she recognises the strong voter support Trump has, \u201cchaos\u201d continues to follow him. \u201cI think President Trump was the right President at the right time. I agree with a lot of his policies, but chaos follows him. Rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him. We can\u2019t afford four more years of chaos and survive it,\u201d Haley told CNN.<\/p>\n
However, at the first Republican debate, Haley had indicated that she would support her former boss as their party\u2019s nominee for the 2024 race even if he was convicted of a felony. \u201cI\u2019m not going to be 100 per cent with him. I\u2019m not going to be 100 per cent against him. It\u2019s not personal for me. This is about what\u2019s right for the country,\u201d she told ABC. \u201cThis is about how we\u2019re going to lead. This is about the direction we should go. It\u2019s not about the personal thoughts of an individual. It\u2019s about the fact that we have a country to save.\u201d Haley recently got a big edge in the presidential race with an endorsement from New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu. He called her \u201cthe candidate with the momentum to win and get our party back on track to delivering conservative victories across the country\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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