Trump trolls Nikki Haley with Hillary Clinton meme image

Donald Trump has unleashed a barrage of disparaging memes against his political rival Nikki Haley, including a crudely photoshopped image seemingly comparing her to Hillary Clinton.

The former president made multiple posts on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday and Wednesday, following his decisive win at the Iowa caucuses, and ahead of their next clash in New Hampshire next week.

Many of the posts included graphics of Ms Haley, calling out her previous statements and blasting her performance in the Iowa caucuses, where the former governor of South Carolina finished in third place, behind Mr Trump and Ron DeSantis respectively.

In one post, Mr Trump shared an image of a picture of Hillary Clinton – who he beat in the 2016 presidential race – with Ms Haley’s face crudely photoshopped over the top. The text at the bottom read “Haley” instead of “Hillary”.

Though the post contained no other text, the comparison appeared to draw on previous criticisms of Ms Haley from her GOP presidential candidate nominees, including branding her as a “neo-conservative” or “neo-con”.

Ms Haley strengthened her presidential resume with her stint at the United Nations, and remains a champion of Nato and support for Ukraine in fighting back against the full-scale Russian invasion that started in February 2022.

Donald Trump trolled Nikki Haley with a crudely photoshopped image of Hillary Clinton

During a fiery GOP candidate debate in December, Vivek Ramaswamy seemed to compare Nikki Haley to former vice president Dick Cheney. “You can put lipstick on a Dick Cheney – it is still a fascist neocon,” he said.

Mr Ramaswamy, who has since dropped out of the race and endorsed Mr Trump, was explicit in saying he would seek to allow Russia