Nikki Haley Says Trump Kept Trying To Buddy Up With Dictators As President

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said former President Donald Trump regularly tried to buddy up with dictators while he was in the Oval Office, pointing to his longstanding praise of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his support of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Haley, Trumps last remaining major competitor after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race Sunday, made the comments as the two up their attacks against each other ahead of Tuesdays New Hampshire primary. Haley has increasingly blasted Trumps mental fitness , questioned his and President Joe Biden s age and warned about the chaos he courts.

In an interview with Face the Nation Sunday, she said America was tired of the former presidents magnetism toward conflict.

I remember at the United Nations, I had to sit him down and tell him to stop this bromance with Putin, Haley, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the UN under Trump, said. I mean, you cant have someone whos trying to buddy up with dictators that want to kill us. Instead, you have to let them know what we expect of them.

She pointed to the death of American student Otto Warmbier in 2017, who was imprisoned in North Korea during her tenure at the UN. Haley said she was in regular contact with his parents after the country convicted him of trying to steal a poster from his hotel and sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

I worked with Cindy and Fred Warmbier. Theyre amazing people, Haley recounted Sunday. I told Fred and Cindy, speak up. Get loud. Make sure. I will help you. Lets partner. Were going to call North Korea out.

But what did Trump do? Instead, he talked about love letters going back and forth to Kim Jong Un.

Warmbier was ultimately returned to the U.S. in a vegetative state and died just days later.

No matter what it is, chaos follows him, Haley repeated to host Margaret Brennan about Trump. Rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him.