Nikki Haley is tryng to face both ways at the same time

An esteemed Royal Navy admiral who was First Sea Lord once famously said that a warship cannot be in two places at the same time. Can't argue with that. But this is exactly what Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina and ex-US ambassador to the United Nations, is tryng to do right now. She wants to run for the White House in 2024, so she has to be nice to Donald Trump but Trump himself and Trumpite Republicans can't forgive her for what she said after the infamous January 6 insurrection riots in the Capitol, accusing the former president of stirring up his supporters to march on Congress. Now after a lot of reflection she has realised that that comment pretty well destroyed her chances of being a candidate in 2024, let alone a Trump-supported candidate. So she is madly rowing back and pointing out how much she enjoyed working for Trump and how decisive he was etc etc. She's not fooling Trump or those Republican politicians who have remained 100 per cent loyal to the ex-president and have said not a word of criticism about Trump's role in the January 6 drama. Haley probably thought that by speaking out as she did against Trump that it would bring her name shooting forward as the right candidate for 2024. But she got that wrong. Trump remains the Big Man in the Republican party and she has got to fight her way out of the mess she found herself in when she spoke what she thought was the truth. In fact what WAS the truth. It's a dangerous game in politics to be honest which is why she is now talking so nicely about her former boss, even to the extent that she has vowed to step aside and back Trump all the way for the White House in 2024 if that is what he decides to do. So we're back to being in two places at once. It can't be done. She either thinks Trump behaved badly before the January 6 insurrection or she doesn't. She can't have it both ways and most Republicans will look at her recent pro-Trump statements with a large chunk of cynicism. But playing it both ways is what she has chosen to do, and if Trump eventually decides not to run, she, I have no doubt, will rush in and put her name down. In the meantime we are going to hear a lot from Nikki Haley about how great Trump is and was. Oh dear.