Nikki Haley dodges when asked whether Trump is a good nominee

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley dodged when she was asked whether she thinks former President Donald Trump is a good candidate, instead acknowledging only that she thinks he is "the Republican nominee.”

After Haley said of her 2024 candidacy in a "Face the Nation" interview set to air Sunday on CBS, “I ran because I thought I could do a better job,” moderator Margaret Brennan responded, “You don’t think he’s a good candidate?”

“I think he is the Republican nominee,” Haley said in a clip released ahead of the full interview. “And I think putting him against Kamala Harris, who is the Democrat nominee — for me, it’s not a question."

"Now, do I agree with his style? Do I agree with his approach? Do I agree with his communications? No,” she continued.

Asked whether comments by his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, about women who do not have children would hurt the campaign's standing with women in a part of the interview that aired Sunday, Haley said they were "not helpful."

“You can either look at style or you can look at substance. I choose, as a voter, to look at substance," she said, adding, “The style is — no it is not helpful to talk about whether women have children or whether they don’t.”

Haley, who ran for the Republican nomination against Trump before she dropped out and quickly endorsed him, said that while she does not agree with Trump’s style, approach or communications, she supports him because of policy agreements.

Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is also willing to offer advice, she told CBS News. Haley said that she is on “standby” to campaign for Trump — and that he is aware of that willingness. But she said she has not been asked to help with debate prep or campaigning.