ATLANTA — Donald Trump used his social media platform Friday to mock Nikki Haley’s birth name, the latest example of the former president keying on race and ethnicity to attack people of color, especially his political rivals.
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley chats with guests while visiting Newfields Country Store during a campaign stop, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Newfields, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., Jan. 17, 2024. Trump used his social media platform Friday, Jan. 19, to mock Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley with a racist nickname. The attack comes four days before the New Hampshire primary, in which Haley is trying to establish herself as the only viable Trump alternative in Republicans' 2024 nominating contest. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, third left, poses with students during a campaign stop at the Polaris Charter School, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley chats with guests while visiting Newfields Country Store during a campaign stop, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Newfields, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, third left, poses with students during a campaign stop at the Polaris Charter School, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., Jan. 17, 2024. Trump used his social media platform Friday, Jan. 19, to mock Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley with a racist nickname. The attack comes four days before the New Hampshire primary, in which Haley is trying to establish herself as the only viable Trump alternative in Republicans' 2024 nominating contest. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)