Nikki Haley condemns Donald Trump's silence on Alexey Navalny's death: ‘bone-chilling ...all he did was empower Putin’
Nikki Haley assailed Donald Trump’s foreign policy, condemning criticized Donald Trump's approach to foreign policy, particularly highlighting his failure to speak out against the death of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. As reported by Bloomberg, Hayley said Sunday on ABC’s This Week, “Either he sides with Putin and thinks it’s cool that Putin killed one of his political opponents, or he just doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal.
I think it’s important to stand with the Russian people who believe Navalny was really talking for them." "When you hear Donald Trump say in South Carolina a week ago that he would encourage Putin to invade our allies if they weren't pulling their weight, that's bone-chilling because all he did in that one moment was empower Putin," Haley said Sunday on ABC's 'This Week.' Haley's comments follow a statement by Trump on February 10, where he indicated his willingness to support Russia to do "whatever the hell they want" NATO member nation that fails to meet defense spending requirements. Haley, who served as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, has intensified her criticism of her former boss's foreign policy, particularly as she faces a tough battle in her home state's Republican primary on February 24.
Recent polls indicate that Haley, Trump's sole remaining challenger for the GOP presidential nomination, is significantly behind by double digits. Also Read: ‘I'd encourage Russia to attack any member nation,’ says Donald Trump amidst NATO, Ukraine aid She attributed Navalny's death to Russian President Vladimir Putin, aligning herself with similar accusations made by other Western leaders, including President Joe Biden.
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