For a guy who just won the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, former President Donald Trump seems to be extremely upset. Nikki Haley is refusing to end her primary campaign, despite the long odds, and indeed sounded incredibly confident delivering her second-place speech Tuesday night in Manchester, New Hampshire. “I’m scrappy — and now we’re the last ones standing next to Donald Trump,” she told supporters.
Trump can’t figure her out. He’s beating her in the polls in every state. Why won’t she just fall in line?
Trump can’t figure her out. He’s beating her in the polls in every state. Why won’t she just fall in line?
And he doesn’t like people — much less a woman — steadfastly refusing to cede the stage to him. Case in point: Trump’s New Hampshire victory speech, where he trotted out former rivals Tim Scott and Vivek Ramaswamy like a pair of human trophies.
Haley’s staying in the race has other implications as well. She can still raise money — a lot of money. And I wouldn’t want to be the staffer who had to show Trump the story from his hometown New York Post titled, “Nikki Haley slated for a dozen fundraisers before South Carolina primary — despite hit in New Hampshire.” Not only is Haley refusing to end her campaign, her biggest donors are still lining up to give her cash after she lost New Hampshire.
So, in typical Trump fashion, he took to Truth Social. He attacked her using his new derogatory name, “Birdbrain,” and then went on to threaten anyone with the temerity to continue pumping dollars into her campaign coffers. “Anybody that makes a ‘Contribution’ to Birdbrain, from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp,” he wrote. “We don’t want them, and will not accept them, because we Put America First, and ALWAYS WILL!”
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