Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has questioned the mental fitness of her party rival Donald Trump. During an appearance yesterday in New Hampshire, the former US ambassador to the United Nations referred to a slip-up by the former president, who apparently confused her several times on Friday with former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi .
“Haley is responsible for security.”
“When you have to deal with the pressures of the presidency, you can't have someone who you wonder if they're mentally capable of doing it,” Haley said. Trump apparently confused Haley with Pelosi on Friday when he spoke about the storming of the Capitol by his supporters on January 6, 2021. “Nikki Haley is in charge of security. We offered her 10,000 people – soldiers, National Guard, you name it – they turned it down,” Trump said.
Haley emphasized that she was not responsible for Capitol security nor was she in Washington at the time. In any case, there is no evidence to support Trump's claim that he offered help during the siege or that such an offer was rejected.
Trump, 77, and other Republicans have repeatedly attacked President Joe Biden, 81, over his age and expressed doubts about whether the Democratic Party politician is capable of serving a second term.