Former Pres. Trump allies see Nikki Haley's 2024 campaign as encouraging sign of fractured primary field.
More specifically, these people contend, Haley and others running for the nomination can only weaken Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen by many"Any Republican getting in the race isn't running against Donald Trump, they're running against Ron DeSantis," said one source close to Trump's team. "The best-case scenario for Haley is she exits the race as the runner-up to Donald Trump, but that will be at the expense of Ron DeSantis.
President Donald Trump meets with Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Oval office of the White House, Oct. 9, 2018.In response to her video, a spokesperson for Trump's political action committee, Taylor Budowich, called her "just another career politician" who "started out as a Never Trumper before resigning to serve in the Trump admin."
Trump's aides and allies boast that the former president's popularity within the party, even if not dominant, is cemented -- and that the rest of the field will split up what's left, hurting DeSantis more than anyone. Trump, despite his controversies and political baggage, also still brings undeniable advantages to his 2024 bid, including virtually universal name recognition and a die-hard base that strategists and polls suggest is somewhere between 25% and 35% of the GOP.
"I think Trump probably has a considerable amount of leaners in his direction right now," said Thomas, with the pro-DeSantis super PAC. "So, perhaps at the end of the day, it's useful to Gov. DeSantis to have more people in the race who aren't at parity with name ID or really threatening the majority of DeSantis' vote share but simply give credibility to the argument that Republican voters should be considering somebody other than Trump.
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