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Nikki Haley assails Donald Trump for continued silence on Navalny death
- Alexei Navalny’s unexpected death at the age of 47 at an Arctic penal colony has generated international outrage
- Nikki Haley has targeted Donald Trump on foreign policy in recent days as she fights for the Republican 2024 nomination
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Donald Trump’s last remaining Republican rival for the US election in November bashed the ex-president on Sunday for his continued silence over the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his recent outburst over Nato.
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“The fact that he won’t acknowledge anything with Navalny - either he sides with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and thinks it’s cool that Putin killed one of his political opponents, or he just doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal,” Nikki Haley said on ABC’s This Week.
“Either one of those is concerning. Either one of those is a problem,” added the Republican candidate, who is trailing far behind Trump in the race for their party’s nomination.
Navalny’s still-unexplained death at 47 in a prison in Russia’s Arctic has drawn powerful condemnations from leaders around the world, starting with US President Joe Biden, who has squarely blamed Putin.
But Trump, Biden’s likely opponent in November’s election, has yet to say a word about it at any of several public appearances since Navalny’s death was reported on Friday.
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The Trump campaign, asked for comment, has directed reporters to a post on Trump’s Truth Social platform that says: “America is no longer respected because we have an incompetent president who is weak and doesn’t understand what the World is thinking”.
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