"Nikki Haley and Trump: A Tumultuous Relationship"

Donald Trump used his social media platform to mock Nikki Haley's birth name, "Nimbra," in an attack that is seen as an example of the former president keying on race and ethnicity to attack people of color, especially his political rivals. The attack comes as Haley is trying to establish herself as the only viable Trump alternative in the Republicans' 2024 nominating contest. Trump's post was an escalation of recent attacks in which he referenced Haley's given first name and falsely asserted she is ineligible for the presidency because her parents were not U.S. citizens when she was born in 1972. This is part of Trump's history of using race, ethnicity, and immigrant heritage as a cudgel against his political opponents.