Donald Trump threatened anyone donating to Nikki Haley's campaign in the GOP race and said any donors would be banned from the "MAGA camp."

The ex-president continued to whine over his rival’s presence in the GOP primaries

Following Nikki Haley‘s vow to fight on with her campaign after her second consecutive defeat to Donald Trump in the GOP primary race, the former president threatened anyone donating to his Republican rival.

A day after Trump’s win in New Hampshire, he took to social media to paint Haley as “very bad for the Republican Party,” and “not the one to take on world leaders.” His words appeared to contradict statements he made in 2017 while in office, after nominating Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations — a role that required the former South Carolina governor to work with world leaders.

Yet despite previously praising Haley as having a “track record of bringing people together regardless of background or party affiliation,” Trump resorted to name calling in his Truth Social post Wednesday night and claimed he would not accept funds from anyone donating to his opponent’s campaign. “Anybody that makes a ‘Contribution’ to Birdbrain, from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp,” Trump wrote. “We don’t want them, and will not accept them, because we Put America First, and ALWAYS WILL!”

  • steve_floof@lemm.ee
    734·
    10 months ago

    The media’s wall to wall non stop coverage that got him elected in 2016 hasn’t learned anything.

    • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.comEnglish
      261·
      10 months ago

      This is an excellent piece that’s related. It’s more about the Harvard president incident, but it applies all the same.

      The problem is that whenever a new huckster on then Right emerges, the New York Times falls all over itself to amplify his lies.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      10 months ago

      Stop pretending the media ever considered 2016 a mistake.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      111·
      10 months ago

      You’re looking at this wrong. Can I suggest that you consider shareholder value the next time you opine?

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Why would it “learn anything”? The Media isn’t some hive-mind. It’s many private companies, all with their own biases and corporate agendas. And even among politically-similar organizations, they’re usually mostly concerned with viewership and profits.

      I believe in journalism and free media, but we can’t expect or trust it to be the guardrails of society.