Nikki Haley says she is voting Trump for president

Nikki Haley was the last major Republican to be defeated by Donald Trump in the party's presidential primary, dropping out in early March

Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she plans to vote for Donald Trump, her former opponent and boss, in the 2024 US presidential election.

Ms Haley, who once served as Mr Trump's United Nations ambassador, was the last of his major opponents to drop out of the party primary contest, in early March.

At the time, she did not endorse him but urged him to earn the votes of the millions who had supported her.

On Wednesday, in her first public remarks since leaving the race, she said Mr Trump "has not been perfect", but that President Joe Biden "has been a catastrophe".

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