Trump suggests that Haley will be on his team after she said she’ll cast her vote for him

WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump suggested that former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley would have a place on his team after she said she’d vote for him in November.

“I appreciated what she said," Trump told Long Island’s News 12 after his rally in the Bronx Thursday.

When asked whether she would have a place with him on his team or his ticket, Trump said, "Well, I think she's gonna be on our team because we have a lot of the same ideas, the same thoughts.”

It is not known how actively Haley will work for Trump's re-election, given her somewhat tepid endorsement. As of now, Haley has not publicly expressed interest in working with the Trump campaign. After a May 11 report that Haley might be on Trump's list for vice president, the former president promptly announced on Truth Social: "Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the V.P. slot, but I wish her well!"

The former United Nations ambassador said she would vote for Trump because ofher view that President Joe Biden has performed poorly on foreign affairs.

“Trump has not been perfect on these policies but Biden has been a catastrophe," Haley said during a discussion on foreign policy at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank where she is employed. “So I will be voting for Trump.”

Haley said she stood by remarks she gave in her speech suspending her campaign on March 6, where she said "it is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party who did not support him, and I hope he does."

Haley garnered attention for her ability to attract a broad coalition of voters, including independents and moderate Republicans. The Biden campaign has said it is reaching out to her voters, given their problems with Trump as the Republican standard-bearer. Haley has continued to garner votes even after she dropped out of the race.

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