A day after former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley She said she would vote For former President Donald Trump in November, the president referenced Haley’s remarks after a rally in the Bronx on Thursday. First major campaign event In New York since 2016.
“I think she will join our team because we have a lot of the same ideas, the same ideas,” Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, told News 12 in New York. She said: “I appreciate her words. As you know, we’ve had a nasty campaign. It’s been quite unpleasant. But she’s a very capable person and I’m confident she will join our team in some form.”
At an event Wednesday at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., she spoke for the first time since suspend her presidential campaign In March, Haley said she would “vote for Trump.”
Her declaration came despite fierce criticism of her former opponent during the presidential campaign, when she frequently called Trump “insensitive.”
In her speech announcing her withdrawal from running for president, Haley said, “Now it is up to Donald Trump to win the votes of those inside and outside our party who do not support him.”
The former South Carolina governor served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration.
In a May 11 post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote that Haley was “not under consideration” for his vice presidential nomination. Trump appeared to dodge the question Thursday when asked if he was being considered as a potential running mate, instead naming other prominent Republican lawmakers he said were doing a “fantastic job” including Senator Marco Rubio and Representative J.D. Vance. listed. . Ellis Stefanik and Dr. Ben Carson.
“You could take someone like Ben Carson, you could take someone like Marco Rubio, you could take someone like JD Vance. I mean there are so many. Ellis is doing a fantastic job,” Trump said. “We have a lot of people who can do a really fantastic job.”
When asked when a decision would be made, President Trump responded that it would most likely come “sometime during the convention.”
The Republican National Convention is scheduled to be held in Milwaukee from July 15-18.
Trump has been appearing in Manhattan courtrooms over the past few weeks. His ongoing “admission fee” criminal trial. His lawyers closed their case on Tuesday and closing arguments are scheduled for next week.
— Kathryn Watson contributed to this report.
