Former President Donald Trump has apparently taken note of the conspicuous absence of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s husband from the campaign trail and is openly wondering where the man has gotten off to.
Trump, during a Saturday rally in South Carolina, asked the audience what had become of Mr. Haley.
“What happened to her husband?” Trump asked a laughing crowd. “Where is he? He’s gone. He knew. He knew.”
His joke turned sour, however, after it was pointed out that U.S. Army Maj. Michael Haley hasn’t been making the rounds with his wife because he’s deployed overseas.
“Either Donald Trump is openly insulting military families, or he got confused again and doesn’t know my husband is deployed. Either way, he isn’t up to the task of leading the greatest fighting force in the world,” Haley said via the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Either Donald Trump is openly insulting military families, or he got confused again and doesn’t know my husband is deployed. Either way, he isn’t up to the task of leading the greatest fighting force in the world. pic.twitter.com/CQQ9pN9qYZ
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) February 11, 2024
Maj. Harris is currently on a year-long deployment with the South Carolina National Guard’s 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, which military officials have said is providing support in the Horn of Africa.
His deployment has been a frequent feature of Haley’s campaign for the Republican nomination, and her story about dropping him off before he began his tour overseas has become a recurring personal anecdote of the sacrifice born by military families and an easy segue toward her campaign’s pledges about veterans.
Haley was more explicit in her criticism a few hours later, when she was making the Sunday show rounds and said that Trump’s comments are just the latest in a long line of remarks denigrating the men and women of the armed forces.
“This isn’t personal about me and…
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