Trump Rivals Haley and DeSantis Headline GOP Convention
Donald Trump called them “nasty” and in need of a “personality transplant.”
Now, the Trump campaign is seeking to prove the former president and 2024 GOP presidential nominee has buried the hatchet from a vicious primary fight. Two of Trump’s biggest rivals—former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—will speak back-to-back at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, marking the first stress test of the GOP’s new unity-oriented message, according to a campaign official.
Haley, who Trump mockingly called “Nimbra”—her birth name was Nimarata Nikki Randhawa—will go first in the 9 p.m. ET hour, followed by DeSantis, whose pet name was “DeSanctimonious” until the former president officially retired the nickname.