China News Service, February 1 (Xinhua) According to a report by the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on the 1st local time, three sources revealed that former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is expected to officially announce her candidacy for the presidency on February 15. Become Trump's first opponent for the Republican nomination.
Image source: Screenshot of NBC report
Sources said that Haley will invite her supporters to a special event in South Carolina on the 15th, and formal invitations may be issued as early as the 1st.
"We need to move in a new direction," Haley said in an interview with Fox News.
"I think I can be that leader," she said.
During the Trump administration, Haley served as ambassador to the United Nations for two years.
According to reports, after leaving the Trump administration, Haley criticized Trump from time to time, but also praised him from time to time.
Previously, Trump announced his third presidential campaign in November 2022, and stopped in New Hampshire and Haley's hometown of South Carolina on January 28 and 29, 2023, to conduct campaign activities.