The birth name of Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s current only rival in the Republican Party’s internal dispute to define its candidate for president of the United States, has been the target of attacks by Trump.
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As a result, the former US president and Republican pre-candidate has mocked Haley’s birth name, Nimarata Nikki Randhawa, using the strategy of focusing on race and ethnicity to attack his rival.
In a post on his social media site Truth Social last week, Trump referred to Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, as “Nimbra” three times.
Trump, who is the son, grandson and has been married twice to immigrants, said that his rival “does not have the capacity” to govern the country.
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As such, Trump’s post was an escalation of recent attacks in which he mentioned Haley’s first name. The former president has falsely claimed that she is not eligible for the presidency because her parents were not US citizens when she was born in 1972.
It is worth remembering that the former governor of South Carolina and former United States ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Nikki Haley was born in Bamberg, South Carolina.
She was always known by her middle name, ” Nikki” (which means “little” in Punjabi, a language spoken in part of India), and adopted the surname “Haley” when she married in 1996.
Trump and Haley are currently the only Republican presidential candidates after Florida Governor Ron De Santis withdrew his candidacy. In the second stage of the caucuses, held on Tuesday (23) in New Hampshire, Trump emerged victorious.
