“He’s on Putin’s side”: Republican candidate Nikki Haley criticized Donald Trump for his silence about Navalny

Donald Trump’s only opponent in the Republican primaries is under attack. Nikki Haley this Sunday criticized the former president for his silence on the death of Russian opponent Alexei Navalny and his hostile statements against NATO.

Alexei Navalny’s death in an Arctic prison, announced Friday, about which the Kremlin has remained silent, sparked outrage from Western countries, with President Joe Biden reiterating that his Russian counterpart bears “responsibility.”

But Republican Trump, the predecessor of Democrat Joe Biden in the White House and dreaming of returning there, did not say a word this weekend about the death of his Russian opponent or about the policies of Vladimir Putin.

“He’s on Putin’s side”

His campaign team referred reporters who questioned him to Donald Trump’s latest post on his social media platform Pravda: “America is no longer respected because we have a president who is incompetent, weak and doesn’t understand what the world is thinking. »

“The fact that he doesn’t say anything about Navalny (shows) that either he’s on (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s side and thinks it’s okay for him to kill his political opponents, or he just doesn’t think it’s a big problem. deal,” Nikki Haley said on ABC.

Statements that send chills down your spine

Nikki Haley, a former UN ambassador during the Trump administration (2017-2021) and ex-governor of South Carolina, where the Republican primary will be held on February 24, also criticized the “chill-inducing” statements over the weekend from her anti-mechanism rival solidarity between NATO allies facing Moscow.

The American billionaire suggested that he would not drag the United States into a war to defend an ally country attacked by Russia if he believed that the latter was not participating enough in financing the alliance. “In fact, I would encourage them (Russians) to do with you what they want,” he added..

“All he did at that moment was strengthen Putin,” the Republican candidate said. “Let’s remind the American people that Putin said that once Ukraine is taken, Poland and the Baltics will be next (…) They are NATO countries and that immediately puts America in a situation of war,” Nikki Haley warned.