There’s Only One Reason Why Donald Trump Turned on Nikki Haley

  PJ Media

Rather than see Haley as someone who can boost his ticket, Trump has decided to trash her instead. And that’s a shame.

"From the beginning of her candidacy, I’ve always seen Nikki Haley’s entry into the 2024 GOP primary as an audition to be Trump’s running mate. Watching her in the debate this week, I was impressed by her performance and was certainly convinced that she’d make a great running mate for Trump.

"Others have noticed her as well, and her stock is rising in the GOP primary, apparently a bit too much and too fast for Donald Trump. On the night of the second debate, minutes before it ended, the Trump campaign sent out an email attacking her. It was the first time the campaign ever sent out such an email. That’s no coincidence.

"Trump followed that up by blasting her on his Truth Social platform on Friday." . . .

WATCH: Chris Christie Concedes on MSNBC That His #1 ‘Job’ Is Attacking Trump For the Democrats – PJ Media   "This fraud is not running for anything.

"One might be forgiven for assuming the reason a presidential candidate is running for the nomination is to win the nomination and become president.

"This is not the case for nearly every candidate running currently in the GOP primary. They know they have no chance to win, and, furthermore, they are essentially doing nothing to change that fact, either out of cowardice or sleazy political calculus or both.

"There are two varieties of the current GOP crop of con-man: those who refuse to criticize Trump in any meaningful way so as not to upset the Big Guy or his base in the hopes of being selected as his VP or winning some cabinet position. This is the Vivek Ramaswamy breed.

"The other is angling for a CNN contract, a book deal, a Cato Institute think tank appointment, or all three after their candidacies inevitably peter out. These candidates aim to please the donor class, which despises Trump and desperately wants anyone other than him to win the nomination — the base’s preference be damned. This individual positions himself as the straight-talking, principled opposition — laughable — telling hard truths about Trump and generally modeling his campaign, to the extent that’s what it is, in the mold of any standard Republican from 1992.

"Chris “Kristy Kreme” Christie belongs to this category." . . .