Nikki Haley issues dire warning on Trump: 'I don’t know' if he would abide by Constitution

Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley is becoming more pointed in her criticism of former President Donald Trump's assertions that he should be immune from criminal accountability.

In an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker asked Haley if she thought Trump "would follow the Constitution if he were elected to a second term," prompting Haley to pause for a moment and say, "I don't know" several times.

"You always want to think someone will, but I don't know," Haley said. "You know, when you go in and you talk about 'revenge,' when you go and you talk about, you know, 'retribution,' when you go and you talk about — what does that mean? Like, I don't know what that means. And only [Trump] can answer for that."

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"I don't think there should ever be a president that's above the law, I don't think there should ever be a president that has total immunity to do whatever they want to do," she continued. "I think that we need to have someone that our kids can look up to, that they can be proud of. And I think that we need to have a country of law and order."

The former president has already established he has a tenuous relationship with the US Constitution. In a 2022 post to his Truth Social account, Trump baselessly asserted that the 2020 election he lost was unlawful, and called for the "termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution." Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) has said that Trump's anti-Constitution rhetoric should be taken literally.

Three states — Colorado, Illinois and Maine — have already found Trump in violation of the Constitution's "Insurrection Clause" in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That clause states that anyone who has participated in "insurrection or rebellion" against the United States, or who has "given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof" is ineligible to hold any "civilian or military" federal office.

Haley and Trump will square off in the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses next Tuesday, March 5, in which 15 states and territories will hold their nominating contests. Trump is expected to sweep, and Haley has not committed to whether she'll stay in the race following Super Tuesday.

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Watch the video of Haley's remarks below, or by clicking this link.