Nikki Haley, the first Republican to mount a formal challenge to Donald Trump for the presidential nomination, fashioned a foreign policy and aid doctrine that can be summed up in this simple catchphrase: You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.
Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, officially announced her plans to challenge her former boss in a video promotion, highlighting her Indian-American roots in South Carolina, where she served as governor, and her record as tough-talking U.S. envoy to the U.N.
“Some people look at America and see vulnerability,” she said in the video. “China and Russia are on the march. They all think we can be bullied. Kicked around. You should know this about me: I don’t put up with bullies. And when you kick back, it hurts them more if you’re wearing heels.”