"Trump said he told her that “she should follow her heart,” adding, “she’s a very ambitious person, She just couldn’t stay in her seat. And I said, you know what? Nikki, if you want to run, you should go ahead and run.”
"On Wednesday, he reiterated what he told Haley. “I’m glad she’s running,” Trump told Fox News. “I want her to follow her heart — even though she made a commitment that she would never run against who she called the greatest president of her lifetime.”
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