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Nikki Haley vows to strengthen alliance with India, if elected
Haley remains the sole contender against Trump in the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination race.
Haley expressed concern over a potential threat to the NATO alliance if former Trump were to be re-elected. / X/@NikkiHaley
Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has expressed her intention to strengthen alliances with NATO and several other countries, including India, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, if she is elected to office.
Haley, who is the sole contender against Trump in the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination race, made the remarks in response to the comment made by Trump in South Carolina, where he suggested that he would encourage Russia to take action against any NATO member country that fails to meet defense spending guidelines.
The former US Ambassador to the UN expressed concern over a potential threat to the NATO alliance if former US President Donald Trump were to be re-elected. “I'm worried about a lot of things if Trump is re-elected. That is one of them,” she told ABC News adding that NATO is a 75-year success story.
Haley highlighted that Russia has never invaded a NATO country due to the intimidating presence of the alliance. She emphasized maintaining the strength of NATO because even China feels intimidated by it.
She emphasized the significance of standing by allies who supported the United States in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, rather than aligning with hostile actors.
“We have to make sure that we stand firm. Because when we stand firm with our friends, our enemies stay on their heels. When we start to show any weakening of those alliances, that's when our enemies move. That's why we're seeing China on the march. That's why we're seeing Iran want to build a nuclear bomb. That's why we're seeing Russia start to move towards Poland and the Baltics,” she said.
"And that's what I promise I will do as president, is we not only will strengthen NATO, we will strengthen alliances with India, Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines. We will add to the fold. This is about America having more friends, not less friends,” Haley added.
Haley criticized Trump's remarks about NATO as "bone-chilling," expressing concern that they could embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin. "And all he did in that moment was, he sided with a guy who kills his political opponents, he sided with a thug who arrests American journalists and holds them hostage,” she said.
Haley further accused incumbent President Joe Biden of failing on multiple fronts. “That has emboldened our enemies. That's why you see them moving. It happened after the fall of Afghanistan. It is continuing to happen.”
“ Then they go and they see the other opponent running for - for president and they see that he doesn't worry about Putin invading Ukraine. So, what does Putin do? He goes and now he's starting to put soldiers around the Baltics. He's moving in for the next era,” she maintained.
Haley and Trump will face off in South Carolina on February 24. While the former served two terms as the governor of the state, polls show Former U.S. President Donald Trump with a strong lead over Haley in the state.
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