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"In our toxic political life, I've heard some people from both parties describe their opponents as enemies or bad guys.In America, our political opponents are not bad guys." In South Sudan, where rape is commonly used as a weapon of war, it's evil.In Syria, where the dictator uses chemical weapons to murder innocent children, it's wrong.In North Korea, where the student American Otto Warmbier was tortured to death, it was wrong.Over the last two years, I've seen the truth We have serious political differences here at home.But our opponents are not demons, they are only our adversaries. "
The President regularly uses the word "evil" to describe those who, in his view, are striving to reverse his goals – particularly with respect to Kavanaugh's confirmation. "These are really evil people," he said about Kavanaugh's opponents at a rally in Mississippi recently. At a press conference, Trump said that the opposition to Kavanaugh was "perpetuated by very evil people – some of them are Democrats, I must say".
It is impossible – like, literally impossible – given this recent context, to think that Haley is referring to someone else than her almost former boss. (Haley officially leaves the administration at the end of the year.) And it is also impossible to think that a politician as savvy as Haley does not know how these words will be interpreted.
So, what is she preparing?
Do not forget that when Haley and Trump communicated their availability to the press to announce that she was leaving, she insisted that she did not show up in 2020 against Trump. She did not say anything about her candidacy in 2024, when the Republican inauguration will be open – either after a second term of Trump, or after the 1st term of the Democrat beating him in 2020. C ' is where Haley is looking – and that's what she commented on Thursday. the night is everything.
Haley did her service within the party's Trump wing. Two years (almost). And, surprisingly enough, she appeared almost completely unscathed: Trump (and therefore her supporters) like her and her ratings of approval from the general public are also very good. She's unique in this respect – someone who has managed to stay popular with the hardcore Trump Foundation and the rest of the country who, to say the least, is not a fan of the president.
Haley knows that when Trump leaves, Vice President Mike Pence will be the obvious heir to his political operation – and his supporters. But she also knows that there are a lot of Republicans who have already finished with Trump and, if they are not now, will probably be done by 2020 and certainly by 2024. Running as a Trump clone might not be a reality. a recipe for success. However, neither will stand as a "settlement" candidate – given the persistent animosity of the GOP base towards the leaders of his party (unnamed Trump). ).
Her way to the National Office is then to present herself as a hybrid – a bit of a Trump, a bit of a schoolhouse but herself and totally unique. That's the process that Haley started on Thursday night in New York.
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