Donald Trump made fun of Nikki Haley’s maiden name

atlanta- Donald Trump Na took to her social media platform on Friday to mock the first name Nikki Haley, In a new example of how the former president has focused on race and ethnicity to attack people of color, particularly his political rivals.

In a post on his Truth social account, Trump often referred to Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, as “Nimbra”.. Haley, former governor South CarolinaBorn in Bamberg, South Carolina Nimrata Nikki Randhawa. She has always used her middle name “Nicky”. She adopted the last name “Haley” when she married in 1996.

Trump called Haley “Nimbra” three times in the post and said “He doesn’t have the character necessary for success.”

The attack comes four days before the New Hampshire primary, in which Haley is trying to establish herself. Trump’s only viable option in the race for Republican presidential nomination In 2024.

Trump’s post was an outgrowth of recent attacks in which he mentioned Haley’s first name — though he misspelled it, “Nimrada” — and falsely claimed she was unfit for the presidency. Because his parents were not US citizens when he was born in 1972.

His comments fueled rhetoric about Barack Obama’s birthplace that Trump has used to attack the former president. Trump has spent years pushing the conspiracy theory that the first black president of the United States was born in Kenya and was not a “natural born” American citizen as required by the Constitution.. Those claims were part of Trump’s rise among Republicans’ more culturally conservative base before his election in 2016, which surprised the American political class.

Haley has dismissed Trump’s recent attacks as evidence that she is threatening his bid for a third consecutive nomination.

“I’ll let people decide what they mean by their attacks.”Haley was asked by reporters in New Hampshire on Friday about Trump’s false claim that her ancestry disqualifies her from the Oval Office. “Look, here’s what we know If he’s spending millions of dollars on television he’s clearly insecure about throwing this tantrum. He is insecure, he knows something is wrong”

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Trump’s campaign team did not immediately respond to questions about his comments.