"Not going anywhere"
Haley does not want to give up in duel with Trump
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley does not want to concede defeat prematurely in her duel with Donald Trump for her party's presidential candidacy. "I'm not going anywhere," the former US ambassador to the United Nations told CNN on Thursday. She is in the race for the long haul and will stick with it, the 52-year-old assured in response to several questions.
Anyone who wants to become a presidential candidate in the USA must first prevail in the party's internal primaries. Of the Republican presidential candidates, only Haley and Trump remain. In national polls, Trump has a huge lead over Haley. The former US president also clearly won the first two primaries in the states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Haley is therefore considered to have little chance of prevailing against Trump in the end.
Cloudy forecasts despite home advantage in South Carolina
The next important milestone in the race is the Republican primary in the state of South Carolina at the end of February. Haley used to be governor there. But even in the conservative southern state, Trump leads by a wide margin despite Haley's home-field advantage. In the CNN interview, she was nonetheless combative and pointed out that she had worked her way up from single-digit poll ratings to clear double-digit primary election results in recent months. She also wants to close the gap in South Carolina in the same way.
Trump supporters have long been urging Haley to withdraw from the race in view of the ex-president's dominance. Some observers had expected her to drop out relatively quickly after the vote in New Hampshire more than a week ago to avoid embarrassment in her native South Carolina.
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