What happens if Nikki Haley drops out of the presidential race?
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and US ambassador to the United Nations, has been the last remaining challenger to Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination since Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race on Sunday 21 January, just before the New Hampshire primary.
She has faced intense pressure to follow his example ever since but has doggedly refused to do so, earning her the enmity of the Maga wing of the GOP.
Having finished third in the Iowa caucuses, Ms Haley went on to come second in New Hampshire, picking up 43.2 per cent of the vote to Mr Trump’s 54.3 per cent, prompting the frontrunner to express his irritation after she delivered an upbeat address to her supporters rather than admit defeat and bow out.
The former president has tried everything, from from his movement and taunting her over (Major Michael Haley is deployed overseas with the South Carolina Army National Guard), but nothing has so far worked.
