Of course you’ve heard about Noem’s disgusting tale about gleefully shooting her puppy. And it’s possible that you’ve heard that she claims in her book to have “stared down” Kim Jong Un, which is a blatant lie. And now here’s another one.
She says that Nikki Haley threatened her. Playbook reports:
The way Noem tells the story, in the summer of 2021 she “was hauling a trailer full of horses” when she got word that Haley wanted to talk.
Here’s how Noem recounts the conversation:
“‘Hi, Governor, this is Ambassador Nikki Haley, and I just wanted to introduce myself and have a conversation. I just wanted to let you know that I follow you quite a bit. I have heard quite a bit about you, and you are doing a good job there in South Dakota. I was thinking that maybe you might like a mentor, and maybe I could be someone who could do that for you. Because you’re a governor, you’ve gone through some challenging things that I did as well. I would be more than willing to be a mentor, because you’ve never been in this type of role before.’
“She went on to tell me about her life story, her résumé, and some of the challenges she faced in her legislature as governor and as ambassador to the United Nations reading daily talking points from the State Department. Once again, I recall, she offered to mentor me, as she was sure I was facing some decisions and situations I’d never seen before. …
“After what seemed to me a bit of an awkward pause, she added, ‘I … just … also want you to know one more thing … I’ve heard a lot of really good things about you. But I also want you to know that if I hear something bad … I will be sure to let you know.’
“There was a long pause.
“‘Um, well, thanks for that, Ambassador.’
“‘Let me be clear,’ she added. ‘I’ve heard many good things about you. But when I do hear bad things, I will make sure that you know. I’ve enjoyed talking to you. We will visit soon. Goodbye.’ Click.”
She says she took a few minutes and then called her assistant:
“‘I think I was just threatened by Nikki Haley?’
“‘What?!’
“‘Yeah, I’m pretty sure I was just threatened by Nikki Haley. It was clear that she wanted me to know that there was only room for one Republican woman in the spotlight. It was weird.’
“Unsurprisingly, I never received any calls or ‘mentoring’ from her, but the message was clear. I’m the alpha female here, and you should know your place. I actually felt a little sad for her.”
Playbook reports:
Contacted for comment, Haley spokesperson Chaney Denton was befuddled. She said the two women did talk, but — looking back at Haley’s calendar — found that it was in 2020, not 2021.
I had thought she had the best chance for the VP nod because she checked all the boxes. Then we found out that she had an affair with that miscreant Corey Lewandowski and she did that weird infomercial for her Texas dentist. Now this book. I don’t know that Trump absolutely won’t pick her anyway because he does what he wants but the consensus is that she’s toast. I hope so. This is a very weird person.
I have recently begun to think that Trump is leaning heavily toward her North Dakota neighboring Governor Doug Burgham because he’s made a very impressive show of Penceian sycophancy on television. We know how much Trump loves that. And it would actually be a smart move because they could bill themselves as the “billionaire businessmen” ticket coming to save America. That might appeal to those deluded cultists who still think Trump is a genius businessman.
I think Trump truly wanted to choose a woman but there just aren’t any good ones. Isn’t that always the problem?