Haley Hits Trump on Border and His ‘Rants,’ Saying ‘He Feels Threatened’

Nikki Haley denounced former President Donald J. Trump in an interview on Sunday for his angry responses to his legal losses and suggested that his pressuring of congressional Republicans not to agree to a border-security deal before the election was a purely political ploy.

“The last thing he needs to do is tell them to wait to pass a border deal until the election,” she said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” of Mr. Trump’s efforts to stop a bipartisan effort in the Senate that had been gaining momentum. “We can’t wait one more day.”

Ms. Haley also suggested that she trusted the conclusions of jurors who found him liable for sexual abuse, but refused to call the verdict disqualifying, saying voters should decide.

“I absolutely trust the jury, and I think that they made their decision based on the evidence,” Ms. Haley said, referring to the jury that found Mr. Trump liable last year for sexually abusing the writer E. Jean Carroll. A separate jury concluded last week that he owed Ms. Carroll more than $83 million for defaming her.

But when the show’s host, Kristen Welker, pressed Ms. Haley on whether she believed the jury findings were “disqualifying,” she deflected.

“We don’t need to take over anything that the American people have the right to do,” she said, adding, “I think the American people will take him off the ballot. I think that’s the best way to go forward, is not let him play the victim. Let him play the loser.”