‘Without meaning to be insulting’: Nikki Haley attacks Donald Trump for his mental capacity to govern at his age
In recent years, the age debate has recurred when it comes to the presidential race in the United States. Days before the Republican primary in New Hampshire, her party’s nominee for the nomination, Nikki Haley, questioned Donald Trump’s mental capacity to govern, after the 77-year-old former president appeared to confuse her with another political leader. During a meeting on Friday, Donald Trump mentioned Nikki Haley’s name several times while airing the topic of his supporters storming the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
“Nikki Haley is in charge of security, we offered her 10,000 people, troops, National Guard, whatever she wanted. They denied it,” he said. He previously accused Democrat Nancy Pelosi, then-speaker of the House of Representatives, of turning down such offers in the past — of which there was no evidence, according to a report by a parliamentary commission of inquiry.
Haley had already paid for Trump’s age
“I wasn’t even in Washington on January 6! », Nikki Haley answered Saturday in front of voters in New Hampshire, where she will play a big role in Tuesday’s election. “What I worry about, without wanting to be disrespectful, is that when you’re faced with the pressures of the presidency, you can’t have someone who makes you wonder if he’s mentally capable of doing it,” he said. – She slipped. The former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador, who just turned 52, also addressed the topic during an interview with Fox News: “I’m not saying he’s like Joe Biden, but what I’m saying is, are we Have really? Two octogenarians running for president?
“Do we really want to see him name-dropping and making mistakes at 80, when he has to deal with Putin and Xi and Kim? she asked, referring to the leaders of Russia, China and North Korea. Donald Trump, 77, himself regularly makes gaffes and Joe mocks the age of Biden, 81, whom he describes as almost old. The former White House tenant, a hot favorite for his party’s nomination for the presidential election in November, still scored a landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday. Nikki Haley had a very good result on Tuesday. must be achieved if she wants to be able to shake it off.
