The US political establishment consciously reduces public tension ahead of the global conflict with autocracies

On May 22, 2024, the former governor of South Carolina and Donald Trump’s most effective rival in the Republican primaries, Nikki Haley, announced that she plans to vote for Donald Trump in the presidential election. In her opinion, the former president is not “perfect,” but Haley characterized President Biden as a “disaster.”

The former governor’s softening of rhetoric against Trump is a consequence of the political trends that have been established in the Republican Party since Super Tuesday and were clearly evident in the spring of 2024.

On the other hand, the ex-governor’s statement was an external expression of the elites’ position on Trump after the main presidential primaries.

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