Since the primary race ended in March, Ms Haley has taken a job as the Walter P. Stern Chair at the Hudson Institute, a Right-leaning Washington think tank.
In May, she used her inaugural address to criticise isolationists in the Republican Party ─ although she did not name Mr Trump.
“They believe if we leave the world alone, the world will leave us alone,” she said.
“They even say ignoring global chaos will somehow make our country more secure. It will not.
“This worldview has already put America in great danger, and the threat is mounting by the day.”
She has also described the October 7 terror attacks by Hamas as a “gift from Iran to Putin”, and links the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine as evidence of an emerging anti-American alliance.
European leaders are concerned that Mr Trump’s election will increase the burden of the war in Ukraine on other Nato members, and they will likely support internal Republican attempts to shore up US support in the coming years.
But if his plan to end the war in Ukraine rapidly after taking office is successful and does not require territorial concessions by Kyiv, Mr Trump could prove his critics wrong.
Ms Haley’s prospects as a candidate are therefore somewhat dependent on the outcome of the new America First foreign policy strategy, and developments on the ground in Ukraine and Gaza in the next four years.
For now, moderate Republicans are not counting her out. But after almost a decade of MAGA politics dominating the GOP, she has a significant mountain to climb.
