Trump Furious Nikki Haley Is Still in the Race

Playbook: “He rage-posted about her speech in realtime on Truth Social. “DELUSIONAL!!!” he wrote. When he came on stage at his own event 30 miles south in Nashua, he could barely contain his anger. Gone was the sunny Trump of Iowa caucus night who magnanimously praised his defeated rivals.”

“Trump began his remarks with a falsehood. He claimed to have won New Hampshire in both the primaries and the general election. Nope: Hillary Clinton beat him there in 2016 and Joe Biden won in 2020. This was a particularly noteworthy claim at the top given the subject of his remarks: the fact that Haley did ‘a speech like she won’ even though she lost by 11 points…”

“As the clear victor, he had one job: ignore Haley and focus on Biden and the general election. But he couldn’t let it go.”