Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized former President Donald Trump’s response on Monday to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s sudden death last week.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Navalny’s death made him “more aware of what is happening” in the U.S., pointing to “open borders, rigged elections, and grossly unfair courtroom decisions.” Haley, who is trailing far behind the former president in the Republican presidential primary, said Trump’s response appeared to come out of the “liberals’ playbook.”
“Donald Trump could have condemned Vladimir Putin for being a murderous thug. Trump could have praised Navalny’s courage. Instead, he stole a page from liberals’ playbook, denouncing America and comparing our country to Russia,” the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. wrote on X alongside a screenshot of Trump’s Truth…
