2024-01-20 21:56:00
Former President is in the lead Haley doubts Trump’s mental fitness
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The first round of the Republican primary in Iowa clearly went to Donald Trump. Competitor Nikki Haley is now hoping for the next vote in New Hampshire – and is handing it out against the ex-president.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has questioned the mental fitness of her party rival Donald Trump. During an appearance in New Hampshire, the former US ambassador to the United Nations referred to a slip-up by the ex-president, who apparently confused her several times on Friday with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “When you have to deal with the pressures of the presidency, you can’t have someone who you wonder if they’re mentally capable of doing that,” Haley said.
Trump apparently confused Haley with Pelosi on Friday when he talked about the storming of the Capitol by his supporters on January 6, 2021. “Nikki Haley is in charge of security. We offered her 10,000 people – soldiers, National Guard, whatever you want – they turned it down,” Trump said.
Haley emphasized that she was neither responsible for security at the Capitol nor was she in Washington at the time. In any case, there is no evidence to support Trump’s claim that he offered help during the siege or that such an offer was rejected.
Biden’s age in focus
Trump, 77, and other Republicans have repeatedly attacked 81-year-old President Joe Biden over his age and expressed doubts about whether the Democratic Party politician is capable of serving a second term. Haley said in an interview with Fox News that politicians at the top of the state must be “at the top of their game.” “Do we really want them to be throwing names and doing things wrong when they’re 80 years old and having to deal with Putin and Xi and Kim and North Korea?”
Trump won the first Republican primary in Iowa on Monday by a large margin over his rivals. He received 51 percent of the vote, 30 points ahead of the second-place governor of the state of Florida, Ron DeSantis, who received around 21 percent. Haley followed in third place with 19 percent. With his clear victory, Trump consolidated his position as the overwhelming favorite in his Republican Party’s presidential race. The next primary election is Tuesday in New Hampshire.
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