I am no supporter of Nimrata Haley, it occurs to me she generally seemed to stick with America First at the UN when working for Trump (though my memory could be way off on that).
What if some of these primary candidates were fully on board with Trump & them "running" against him is just a method of draining the opposition funds on a candidate to nowhere?
At this point I wouldn't be suprised if this theory is accurate, & it could make for a fantastic script/movie. Though just wanted to see what other interesting ideas you guys all have that could play along with the plan, regardless of them being accurate or not. It gets the ol' noggin joggin with a game theory exercise.
At the very least it helps Trump by keeping him on the campaign trail. Meanwhile, it hurts the RNC because they can't declare Trump the nominee yet plus it hurts the democrats because Democratic donors are spending money on her. That is money that could have gone to Joe Biden and other democrats.
The only way this helps Nikki Haley is if something were to happen to Trump.