Nikki Haley accused of plotting a bid to become Trump’s VP

Nikki Haley, the Indian- American Republican who is eyeing a bid for the White House in 2024, has been accused of plotting to become former US President Donald Trump’s Vice-President. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who made this accusation in his memoir that just hit the stands, goes on to claim in the book that Haley’s co-conspirators were Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, who both held senior position in the White House at the time. Haley dismissed the charge as a stunt to sell the memoir. Pompeo does not specify if Haley was supposed to replace Pence in this plot or join Trump as running mate in his 2020 re-election bid. If the move was for Haley to replace Pence as Vice-President, it would have been her and not Vice-President Kamala Harris who would have gone down in history with a clutch of firsts — the first person of colour to rise so high in the US government, and the first Asian-American and Indian-American. She would have made history as Trump’s running mate as well — but jointly with Harris.