Wall Street lines up to back Nikki Haley’s 2024 bid

Wall Street financiers are eyeing Nikki Haley as the candidate to wrest the Republican nomination from former President Donald Trump in 2024, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Haley is currently third in national polls with 9.5%, behind Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida at 14.3% and Trump at 59.7%. according to a really clear policy. Despite this, Wall Street is considering Haley as a viable alternative to Trump in the 2024 primary, with some saying they are “desperate” to prevent the former president from becoming the nominee. according to the WSJ. (RELATED: Nikki Haley meets with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and other Wall Street elites)

“There is a desperate, desperate search for anyone who isn’t Trump,” one senior executive said.

U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he accepted Nikki Haley’s resignation as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, in the Oval Office on October 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. ((Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

“If he beats DeSantis, he will be the backup,” another financier told the WSJ in a statement. “It’s not entirely crazy that I can finally win.”

Haley will meet with other Wall Street executives on Dec. 3 in New York and then attend another meeting with UBS banker Mike Santini, litigator Eric Levine and several others linked to Elliott Management, a $60,000 hedge fund. million dollars founded by Republican megadonor and CEO Paul Singer on December 4, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation that the news “stinks for Ron DeSantis.”

haley met with Wall Street executives on Tuesday at various events with guests including Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, and Gary Cohn, former chairman of Goldman Sachs. Stanley Druckenmiller, a billionaire and hedge fund manager, endorsed Haley on Monday, while Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel, said he was “actively contemplating” supporting the former United Nations ambassador.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, had a private conversation with Haley last week, and Dimon noted that the 2024 candidate appears to have a solid understanding of the economy and the relationship between business and government. according to Axios.

Haley’s campaign did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

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