“I am a candidate for the presidential election”. In a video addressed to his supporters, his intentions are clear. Republican Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday that she is running for the 2024 US presidential election. The 50-year-old becomes the first notable candidate to challenge former President Donald Trump.
The ex-diplomat, rightly appointed to the UN in 2017 by Donald Trump, had been approached for several weeks to announce his entry into the competition for the White House. She will, in all likelihood, be one of the only women to stand for election. In her message, the former governor of South Carolina calls for a “new generation of leaders”, criticizing in passing the record of the Republicans in the last election, where Donald Trump, 76, was kingmaker.
A battle for the nomination that promises to be bitter
The former president of the United States quickly reacted to the announcement of Nikki Haley, wishing “good luck” to the candidate, without failing to underline that she had in the past committed not to run against him. .
Stuck in a series of cases, the ex-real estate magnate, also a candidate since November 15, does not benefit for the moment from the dynamic campaign he hoped for. And after having gone it alone for three months, the billionaire gradually sees the Republicans polishing their weapons.
According to opinion polls, however, Nikki Haley is not necessarily the biggest threat to Donald Trump. Donald Trump’s former vice-president, Mike Pence, his ex-head of diplomacy, Mike Pompeo, the governors of Virginia and New Hampshire… Many Republicans are considering a possible announcement of their candidacy soon. The battle for the Republican nomination therefore promises to be bitter.
Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, or another… The candidate chosen by the Republican camp at the end of the primaries will face in November 2024 the one nominated by the Democratic Party.