call themselves conservative and will likely dominate his way through the rest of the primaries despite what nikki haley does or does not do. but november 5th, 2024, is not a primary race and a candidate cannot rely on the strength of their base alone, and that is where it is helpful to read between the lines of last night s vote. unlike iowa, which is a lock for the gop, new hampshire s electorate is swingy trump lost moderates to haley, two lost college graduates to haley, and three, lost independents to haley, it is a problem, especially when 68% of independents flat out said they will not vote for him. and 42% of primary voters say they don t think someone convicted of a crime would be fit to be president, if that happens to donald trump. a reminder, for all we talk about the general election, what we really mean is the general election in six specific states. arizona, nevada, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. you see them there. so let us untangle what we k
ways quickly. keir, the military conflict or the threat of military conflict usually is between the united states and the iranians. europe is traditionally has had more manageable relationship with the iranian regime than have we since 1979. but how is that relationship fraying right now in britain as a result of these recent provocations by iran? well, just like everybody the british are trying to manage a balancing act. this tanker is described as british. it is owned by it s swedish owned and the crew are from around the world. so i think perhaps in the british foreign office there s not the sense of panic that you might expect from the headlines. i mean, plainly, as richard was suggesting what the iranians want to do is to divide the europeans from the americans. it is to some extent i think a
person of all the people in trump s orbit other than hope hicks, she s the one person there has not been one negative taint. she had his confidence. she has the world s confidence. she was come in a very special place. now she s one more in the same. you can start to see the relationship fraying. we ll see where nikki haley is six months from now. what s different from trump who has lashed out at a lot of people on his team, from jeff sessions to rex tillerson, nikki haley said i m not the one. she stepped back. she didn t remain quiet in the attempt to throw her under the bus. she stepped up and said she has her own reputation to protect. we keep talking, but these are all of the current and former officials with warning messages on russia. and you re right, she is of that list. i guess secretary nielsen might still be in the president s good graces and secretary mattis. right. most of them have either been fired, replaced or reprimanded.
reports of that relationship fraying. that might be because they have completely different objectives. isis wants to establish the islamic caliphate, al douri s group wanted to re-establish the sunni/baathist regime that iraq had under saddam hussein. so completely different goals and aims and quite possibly after isis was able to take over so much territory, that s when we started to see any sort of whatever that alliance was, really start to show some strain. all right. atika, good explanation, thanks very much. atika shubert reporting. we will dig deeper in both these stories. the bombing near the u.s. consulate in erbil and the death of one of iraq s most wanted men. stay with us.