Washington, March 6.- Nikki Haley will do today what was anticipated, the suspension of her Republican presidential campaign, thus clearing the way for former United States President Donald Trump to the party's nomination this year.
Although based on Trump's results in primaries and polls, the former ambassador to the United Nations never represented a danger, she put up a fight.
But Super Tuesday was the final straw. Haley barely achieved a victory in Vermont during the determining day of the electoral calendar, while the former president yesterday put into his pocket at least 14 states that held primaries, including California and Texas, which contributed the most delegates.
The former governor of South Carolina is expected to give a speech in her state in the city of Charleston this Wednesday and according to local media publications, she will not support the candidacy of her former boss.
Haley sought to be the leading Republican alternative to Trump and yet surprised many when she began to gain significant momentum late last year when she finally overtook Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in most polls.
With Trump it was an uphill battle in which it was impossible for Haley to overcome the former president, who always remained the favorite for the nomination.
The latest development follows double-digit losses to Trump in New Hampshire and Haley's home state of South Carolina, as well as an embarrassing loss in a Nevada primary where the former governor's name wasn't even on the ballot, recalled The Hill newspaper.
In addition to Vermont on Super Tuesday, she won the Republican presidential primary in Washington DC last weekend; However, Trump's triumphs the day before mathematically mean that he will reach it.
At this point, the former occupant of the Oval Office has 1,057 delegates of the 1,215 he would need to be declared the candidate at the Republican National Convention that will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July.
In 2021, Haley, who did a good job as a debater in the debates between Republican candidates prior to the primaries, said she would not run for president in 2024 if Trump did, but later changed her mind. (Text and photo: PL)
