Nikki Haley to challenge Donald Trump for 2024 Republican presidential nomination
Nikki Haley, a former United Nation ambassador, has announced she will run for the Republican’s 2024 presidential nomination – becoming the first major challenger to Donald Trump.
Ms Haley, who served in the UN role under Trump’s previous administration, is the second Republican candidate to announce her candidacy after her former boss launched his own campaign to be re-elected last year.
Other high-profile Republicans looking at a 2024 run include Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former vice president Mike Pence, U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.
Haley, a former South Carolina governor, announced her decision to run in a promotional video, in which she said it was time for a “new generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border, and strengthen our country, our pride and our purpose”.
The 51-year-old Republican also proclaimed that China and Russia were “on the march”, adding: “You should know this about me: I don’t put up with bullies.
“And when you kick back, it hurts them more if you’re wearing heels.”
Nikki Haley is set to give more details about her plans in a speech on Wednesday
Haley will lay out her campaign plans in a speech in Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday.
Her announcement means the Republican nomination race is likely to pick up steam in the coming weeks.
Other candidates to have so far declared include former Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island, Steve Laffey, and former Montana Secretary of State, Corey Stapleton.
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Haley, the daughter of two Indian immigrants, has gained a reputation in the Republican Party as a solid conservative.
She has pitched herself as a stalwart defender of American interests abroad, having served as U.S. ambassador to
the UN under Trump from 2017 to 2018.
During that time, the United States pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, which was signed under Democratic President Barack Obama and was highly unpopular among Republicans.
Haley has distanced herself from Trump several times, only to later soften her rhetoric, saying he has an important role to play in the Republican Party.
Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump he “will not back down” from Russia’s goals in Ukraine during a phone call today, the Kremlin has said.
The Russian president spoke to his US counterpart for almost an hour, and Mr Trump “again raised the issue of an early end to military action” in Ukraine, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.
In response, Mr Putin said “Russia will not back down” from its aims there, which include “the elimination of the well-known root causes that led to the current state of affairs,” Mr Ushakov said.
The phrase “root causes” is shorthand for Moscow’s argument that it was compelled to invade Ukraine in order to prevent the country from joining NATO.
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Trump and Putin’s latest call on Ukraine
Ukraine and its European allies say this is a pretext to justify what they call an imperial-style war, but Mr Trump has previously shown sympathy with Russia.
At the same time, Mr Putin told the US president that Russia is ready to continue negotiating, the aide said.
The Russian president said any prospective peace deal must see Ukraine give up its NATO bid and recognise his country’s territorial gains.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, seen with Mr Trump in June, is pushing for Ukraine to join NATO. Pic: Reuters
He also briefed Mr Trump on agreements made last month, which saw Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war and dead soldiers.
Specific dates for the third round of peace talks in Istanbul were not discussed – nor was the US decision to halt some shipments of critical weapons to Ukraine.
Mr Putin and Mr Trump’s call came after the Pentagon confirmed some weapons due to be sent to Ukraine have been held as it reviews military stockpiles.
The paused shipments include air defence missiles and precision-guided artillery, two people familiar with the situation have said.
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The decision led to Ukraine calling in the acting US envoy to Kyiv on Wednesday to underline the importance of military aid from Washington.
Kyiv also cautioned that the move would weaken Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against intensifying Russian airstrikes and battlefield advances.
Mr Putin and Mr Trump’s phone call was the sixth they have publicly disclosed since the US president returned to the White House in January.
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