In a Christmas Day interview on Monday, Donald Trump Jr. expressed his determination to take “great lengths” to hinder GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley from becoming a part of his father’s campaign. Trump Jr. conveyed his perspective that Haley is perceived as the “preferred candidate” of the Washington establishment.
“I wouldn’t have her on, and I would go to great lengths to make sure that that doesn’t happen,” Trump Jr. said on Newsmax’s “The Balance.”
“Nikki Haley wants never-ending wars,” he continued. “She’s a puppet of the establishment in Washington D.C. She’s the new favorite candidate of the billionaire class, because they want control — no different than academia at Harvard and using, you know, their billions to exercising influence. They want someone they control. Ron DeSantis has proven that he doesn’t have what it takes to be on that stage. He’s embarrassed himself that way. She’s now the preferred candidate.”
Trump Jr. insinuated that if Haley were selected as his father’s running mate, she might attempt to undermine Trump’s campaign “from the inside.”
“No, I would not want Nikki Haley to be there,” he added. “By the way, all you’d get is her and team trying to destroy Donald Trump from within, forever. The second she ever got that, you know, anointment, it would be a disaster of epic proportions. So, I would hope that never is on the table, and I don’t think it is.”
Following Haley’s assertion that she did not wish to see the former president back in the White House, contending that his return would only bring “chaos” to the country, Trump Jr. made his remarks.
“Our world is on fire,” she said during a recent post-debate interview. “And you can’t defeat Democrat chaos with Republican chaos, and Donald Trump brings us chaos. So it’s not about being fit, it’s just I don’t think he’s the right person to be president.”
Lara Trump, Trump’s daughter-in-law, had previously conveyed to Newsmax that she did not dismiss the possibility of Trump selecting Haley as his running mate.
“Crazier things have happened,” she said. “I don’t know. I would never say never with Donald J. Trump. Never say never.”
