Trump’s ‘achilles heel’? Haley’s refusal to drop out infuriates ex-president

A surprisingly disciplined campaign risks derailment as Trump lashes out at his former UN ambassador for staying in race

It was a moment for Donald Trump to be gracious, magnanimous, perhaps even presidential. Instead he lashed out at his opponent's clothes. When I watched her in the fancy dress that probably wasn't so fancy, I said, What's she doing? We won,'" he said of rival Nikki Haley in New Hampshire on Tuesday night.

Trump had just won the first primary election of 2024 and all but clinched the Republican nomination for US president. Party leaders and campaign surrogates are now eager to banish Haley to irrelevance, move on from the primary and unify against Democrats. They want Trump to pivot to an almost inevitable rematch with Democrat Joe Biden in November.