I'm with Robert Gibbs on this one. Trump is clearly pretty happy that Nikki Haley is running for the Republican nomination as (a) he doesn't consider her a real threat, and (b) she'll help split the not-Trump vote that Ron DeSantis is clearly gunning for. The more of these pretenders the merrier, as far as Trump is concerned. Source: Newsweek Former President Donald Trump is encouraging Nikki Haley to abandon her "honor" amid reports that the former U.S.