Nikki Haley learns there’s no halfway with Trump – By Chris Cillizza (CNN) / February 18 2021
Nikki Haley’s theory of the case when if she runs for president in 2024 is pretty simple: I’m the parts of Donald Trump you liked without any of the parts you didn’t like!
© Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley and US President Donald Trump wait for a a meeting on United Nations Reform at UN headquarters in New York on September 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
She literally said just that — in an interview with Politico’s Tim Alberta recently. Here’s the quote:
“I think what we need to do is take the good that he built, leave the bad that he did, and get back to a place where we can be a good, valuable, effective party.”
Makes sense! Except there is a 0% chance that Trump — or the base that he commands — is going to go along with that plan.
