Donald Trump warned donors looking to fund his rival Nikki Haley’s campaign that they will be “permanently excluded” from the MAGA movement.
The former president took over Truth social on Wednesday night issued a scathing rebuke of his final 2024 Republican Party primary challenger, warning that candidate switching from mega-donors will be accepted “no longer.”
“When I ran for office and won, I noticed that the losing candidate’s ‘donors’ immediately came to me wanting to ‘help,'” Trump wrote. ‘This is standard in politics, but not with me anymore.’
Trump reiterated his new nickname for his former U.N. ambassador, “Birdbrain,” and said anyone contributing to Haley’s campaign “will be permanently excluded from the MAGA camp from this moment on.”
“We don’t want them and we won’t accept them because we put America first, and we ALWAYS WILL!” concluded the Republican frontrunner.
Donald Trump (pictured after his victory in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday) warned donors seeking to ditch his rival Nikki Haley that they will be ‘permanently excluded’ from the MAGA movement
Haley’s refusal to withdraw from the Republican Party’s presidential race this week infuriated Trump, prompting him to deliver a scathing condemnation of her candidacy on Wednesday.
Trump lashed out at Haley on Truth Social for “false statements, derogatory comments and a humiliating public loss,” dismissing her role in his White House Cabinet as “average at best.”
Trump lashed out at the former governor of South Carolina on Tuesday evening after his 11-point victory over Haley in the New Hampshire primary.
Although the former president’s victory put him in prime position to clinch the Republican nomination for the third straight election cycle, Haley’s refusal to drop out of the race led to Trump’s rejection of her candidacy the day after the primaries.
“Nikki ‘Birdbrain’ Haley is very bad for the Republican Party and even for our country,” Trump wrote.
“Her false statements, derogatory comments and humiliating public losses are humiliating to true American patriots.
“Her anger should be directed at her third-rate political advisors and, more importantly, at corrupt Joe Biden and those who are destroying our country – NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL SAVE IT.”
Although Trump hired Haley as his ambassador to the United Nations in 2017, a position she frequently cited during her campaign, he downplayed her role in his Cabinet on Wednesday.
“I knew Nikki well, she was mediocre at best and is not one to take on world leaders, and never has,” he said.
“That was my business, and that’s why they respected the United States.”
Haley immediately flew to South Carolina after her loss in New Hampshire and was seen greeting supporters at a rally in North Charleston on Wednesday evening
Haley’s latest campaign stop was greeted by Trump supporters waving flags and signs outside her rally on Wednesday evening
The former UN ambassador is facing increasing calls from Trump’s supporters to drop out of the presidential race
Haley’s campaign soared in the run-up to the New Hampshire primary, before her candidacy took a hit on the eve of the election when DailyMail.com exclusively reported on her alleged extramarital affairs a decade ago.
And while her 43 percent showing against Trump on Tuesday night raised eyebrows, Trump’s back-to-back victories put him in a position where no candidate has lost before.
Immediately after her loss in New Hampshire, Haley headed to her home state of South Carolina to use all her remaining resources to stay in the race.
Instead of going to Nevada, where the next primaries are taking place, Haley held a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina — which was expected to be met by a crowd of Trump supporters.
Despite a 30 to 40 percent electoral difference with Trump in South Carolina, the former United Nations ambassador is launching a massive effort to keep the vote going on Feb. 24, including a $4 million advertising blitz.
Stand For America PAC’s chief strategist Mark Harris called the 11 percent loss in New Hampshire a victory for Haley — but conceded Wednesday that she will have to close the large election margin with Trump in South Carolina in the coming month.
“We are the underdog and in South Carolina we start at the back and we have to close that gap,” Harris told DailyMail.com during a press conference on Wednesday morning. “That’s next month’s mission.”
“But a month is a long time in politics,” he said. “You know, who knows what crazy things are going to happen next month?”
Although Haley believes the race is far from over, President Joe Biden stated that Trump’s victory in New Hampshire was “clear evidence” that the 2024 presidential election will be a rematch between him and Trump.
On Tuesday night, President Biden also stormed to victory in New Hampshire, following a successful write-in campaign when the White House decided South Carolina should start the primary because it is more diverse.
Because New Hampshire refused to move its primaries, the DNC stripped its delegates.
Although Biden won by a large margin, his challenger Dean Phillips performed better, receiving 21 percent of the vote.
And while Haley vowed to continue her campaign, Biden counted his and Trump’s victories as clear evidence that they are headed for a rematch of the 2020 election.
“It is now clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee,” Biden said.
‘And my message to the country is that the stakes could not be higher. Our democracy. Our personal freedoms – from the right to choose to the right to vote… are all at stake.”