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Nikki Haley has made a shock look on Saturday Night Live as she hones sharper assaults in opposition to former president and 2024 rival Donald Trump forward of the South Carolina main.

The former governor and United Nations ambassador has been holding occasions throughout her dwelling state forward of the 2024 Republican main there later this month.

But on Saturday, she made an unannounced cease in New York for a cameo throughout SNL’s chilly open, the place she sparred with breakout star James Austin Johnson who was impersonating Donald Trump.

Posing as a involved voter from South Carolina, Ms Haley questioned Mr Trump over whether or not he ought to take a “mental competency test” then requested if he wanted to “borrow” cash following the $83m defamation judgement within the E Jean Carroll case.

She went on to ship the present’s opening line — “Live, from New York, it’s Saturday night!” — solely after taking a query from host Ayo Edibiri, star of the Emmy-award profitable drama, The Bear.

Ms Edibiri questioned Ms Haley over a latest gaffe which had stemmed from a query about the reason for the Civil War. Ms Haley failed to say “slavery” in her unique rationalization.

“What was the cause of the Civil War?” requested Ms Edibiri. “Do you think it might have started with an ’S’, and ended with a ‘lavery’?”

“Yep, and I probably should have said that to begin with,” Ms Haley replied.

The cameo, whereas a shock, was in line with the present’s custom of internet hosting presidential candidates. In 2008, Republican candidate John McCain appeared alongside Tina Fey enjoying Sarah Palin in a sketch about buying community QVC – alluding to the dire monetary straits his marketing campaign was going through within the last days of the race in opposition to former president Barack Obama.

Mr Trump, too, has appeared on the present. The former president was an SNL host in 2015 forward of his election win, and even danced in a music video set to Drake’s music Hotline Bling.

Mr Obama appeared in a sketch in 2013, enjoying himself, whereas Hillary Clinton made a go to to the set that very same yr for a meetup together with her personal impersonator, Amy Poehler.

Ms Haley stays the one aggressive Republican difficult Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. After a better-than-expected displaying within the New Hampshire main, her marketing campaign is aiming for an upset victory in her dwelling state.

The former Trump administration worker has more and more sharpened her assaults in opposition to the previous president because the GOP subject has narrowed.

South Carolina’s main will happen on 24 February, following a caucus and first in Nevada the place the 2 Republican candidates are usually not competing straight.