Trump Dismisses Haley as VP Then Strongly Praises Tim Scott

The former president said that he and the former U.N. ambassador had reached a level of mutual verbal ferocity that rules her out from second in command.

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump thanks Sen. Tim Scott (L) (R-S.C.) for introducing him as he arrives on stage for a Get Out The Vote rally at the North Charleston Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., on Feb. 14, 2024. Win McNamee/Getty Images

As politicos debate who former President Donald J. Trump might choose as his running mate, a series of remarks in North Charleston sounded a little like a hint.

While President Trump has discounted former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as a vice presidential pick before, his language on Feb. 14 about his chief competitor for the Republican presidential nomination was memorably definitive.