• Nikki Haley is to speak at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday
  • Like all Republican 2024 hopefuls she must negotiate a Trump-shaped shadow
  • In an interview, she trod a middle way, saying he had a big role to play in the GOP
  • ‘He has the ability to get strong people elected,’ she said 
  • But she also disagreed with him on the outcome of the 2020 election  
  • She said there was insufficient fraud to cost Trump victory  
  • It marks a shift from her earlier criticism of Trump’s final days in office which triggered a backlash and produced a softer tone from Haley