Trump Considered Replacing Pence With Nikki Haley, Says Alyssa Farah Griffin | The View

. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALYSSA HERE WHO USED TO WORK FOR TRUMP, I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING. >> THE ROOM JUST GOES, OH. >> OKAY? OKAY. ONE OF YOUR OLD CO-WORKERS, MIKE POMPEO. REMEMBER HIM? >> MM-HMM. >> HE JUST WROTE A MEMOIR WHERE HE CLAIMS THAT WHEN TRUMP WAS RUNNING FOR RELE-ELECTION IN 20, JARED AND IVANKA HAD A PLAN TO GET RID OF VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, AND REPLACE HIM WITH NIKKI HALEY. NOW HALEY DENIES THIS, BUT DID YOU EVER HEAR THE IDEA BEING FLOATED AROUND IN THE WHITE HOUSE? >> YES, AND I’VE

NEVER SHARED THIS BEFORE HONESTLY OUT OF DEFERENCE FOR MIKE PENCE WHO I’VE WORKED FOR FOR YEARS. IT WAS JUNE, 2020 IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND I POPPED IN TO, LIKE, READ HIM THE HEADLINES AND HE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH SOMEONE. I CAN’T RECALL SOMEONE. HE MUTES IT AND HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK IF WE REPLACED PENCE — MIKE, WITH NIKKI HALEY? >> WHO SAID THAT? >> DONALD TRUMP DID, DIRECTLY TO ME. I PAUSED AND SAID, SIR, I THINK IT WOULD SIGNAL CHAOS AND WE SHOULD KIND OF STAY THE COURSE WITH THE TICKET AS

WE HAVE IT. THIS WAS SOMETHING HE WAS ACTIVELY CONSIDERING, AND I WOULD GUESS IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN AUGUST IN A BIGGER SETTING. HE SAID IT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. I THINK HE SAW HIS POLL NUMBERS AT THE TIME.

I THINK HE KNEW SHE WAS A YOUNG, ENERGETIC WOMAN OF COLOR AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HELPFUL, AND I THINK EXTREMELY HIGHLY OF NIKKI HALEY. >> IF SHE RAN WITH HIM IN 2024, WOULD YOU THINK HIGHLY OF HER? >> NO. I WOULDN’T THINK HIGHLY OF ANYONE WHO STICKS WITH DONALD TRUMP JUST TO BE CLEAR. >> THAT’S

RIGHT. >> THE PROBLEM — NIKKI HALEY WAS INCREDIBLY RESPECTED, I WOULD SAY IN A BIPARTISAN WAY. SHE WORKED BIPARTISANLY. SHE DID THINGS IN SOUTH CAROLINA LIKE REMOVE THE CONFEDERATE FLAG AND REALLY EARNED HERSELF SOME BIPARTISAN POINTS, AND SHE MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT THAT STENCH AND TAINT, BUT SINCE THEN, SHE’S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE. EVERY TIME I THINK OF NIKKI HALEY, I THINK OF THAT SONG, WILL THE REAL NIKKI HALEY PLEASE STAND UP? ONE DAY SHE’S CRITICIZING TRUMP FOR JANUARY 6th. THE NEXT DAY SHE’S APOLOGIZING AND SHE’S DOING THIS AND

THAT. SHE WANTS TO BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE BECAUSE I THINK SHE WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE APPEAL. TO ME WHAT THIS SIGNIFIES, IS LET THE GAMES BEGIN. IT’S AMAZING TO ME THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED HE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, AND THAT HAS DONE NOTHING TO FREEZE THE REPUBLICAN FIELD. RIGHT? YOU GOT DeSANTIS, POMPEO, HALEY, HUTCHINSON, PENCE, CRUZ, PAUL, AND GOT KNOWS HOW MANY I’M FORGETTING. RUBIO, BUT HE’S SO