NIKKI HALEY made it clear to New Hampshire voters: She won't serve as former president Donald Trump's vice president if he wins the Republican nomination.
Haley, who's challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nod, has long said she won't "play for second."
She explicitly ruled out being a running mate in November, media reports said.
"I don’t want to be anybody’s vice president. That is off the table," Haley told voters at a diner stop in Amherst, New Hampshire, Politico and the Washington Post reported.
"I have always said that. That is a game they play that I’m not going to play. I don’t want to be vice president," Haley added, according to the Post.
Meanwhile, Trump is set to face off with president Joe Biden for the White House once again after winning the New Hampshire primary.
The only remaining challenger for the Republican presidential nomination, Haley, vowed to fight on -- but her defeat on Tuesday (23) left her with no realistic chance of chasing down the 77-year-old former president.
Haley on Tuesday sought to warn Republican voters away from rival Trump after he defeated her in the primary, saying nominating the controversial former president would spell victory for Biden in November.
Earlier this month, Trump said he knows who his running mate will be if he wins the nomination but declined to name anyone.
Haley, who served as Trump's ambassador to the UN, had hoped for a major upset in the northeastern state, but Trump won by around 54 per cent to 43 per cent, with some 91 per cent of votes counted.
She also faced a blow on Friday (19), with fellow South Carolinian Tim Scott, a US senator first nominated by Haley, backed Trump.
"Oh man. I'm so excited for the announcement tonight," Scott said in a video taken in front of a Trump-marked plane and posted on X. "Let's talk about four more years."
Scott, who had also challenged Trump for the Republican Party's nomination but ended his campaign last year, endorsed his former rival at a rally Friday night in Concord, a source told Reuters.
As South Carolina governor, Haley tapped then US representative Scott to fill a Senate vacancy in 2012.
"Tim Scott wouldn’t have a job without Nikki Haley," New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu, a Republican backing Haley, said in a Fox News interview, according to the Washington Post.
"Nobody cares," Sununu said of the endorsement as he chatted with restaurant patrons in Milford, the New York Times reported.
(Agencies)
Moglai Bap and Mo Chara of Kneecap perform at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
Police may probe anti-Israel comments at Glastonbury
BRITISH police said they were considering whether to launch an investigation after performers at Glastonbury Festival made anti-Israel comments during their shows.
"We are aware of the comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon," Avon and Somerset Police, in western England, said on X late on Saturday (28).
Irish hip-hop group Kneecap and punk duo Bob Vylan made anti-Israeli chants in separate shows on the West Holts stage on Saturday. One of the members of Bob Vylan chanted "Death, death, to the IDF" in a reference to the Israel Defense Forces.
"Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation," the police statement said.
The Israeli Embassy in Britain said it was "deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage at the Glastonbury Festival".
Prime minister Keir Starmer said earlier this month it was "not appropriate" for Kneecap to appear at Glastonbury.
The band's frontman Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was charged with a terrorism offence last month for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah at a concert in November. He has denied the charge.
A British government minister said it was appalling that the anti-Israel chants had been made at Glastonbury, and that the festival's organisers and the BBC broadcaster - which is showing the event - had questions to answer.
Health secretary Wes Streeting said he was also appalled by violence committed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
"I'd also say to the Israeli Embassy, get your own house in order in terms of the conduct of your own citizens and the settlers in the West Bank," Streeting told Sky News.
"I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians more seriously," he said.
(Reuters)