US : Nikki Haley defeated former President Donald Trump

Washington:  Nikki Haley has defeated former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary held in the District of Columbia. Nikki got 62.9 percent votes while Trump got only 33.2 percent votes. She is working hard to defeat Donald Trump in the presidential race. Nimarata Nikki Haley is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018.

This is Trump’s first defeat in the primary elections of the Republican Party. He also lost the primary election from Washington in 2016. There are only two presidential candidates from the Republican Party – Trump and Haley. Trump has won 8 states including Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina. Nikki Haley has brushed aside talks of contesting elections as an independent leader. He said, “I have never talked about running as an independent candidate. I am a Republican leader at heart.” Addressing supporters in Washington DC, Nikki Haley said, “When I ran for president, there were 14 contestants and I beat 12. Now I just have to beat one more.”