John Bolton says Nikki Haley should stay in 2024 presidential primary…

Some Republicans may be urging Nikki Haley to drop her presidential bid and step aside for former President Trump — but Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, disagrees with them all.

“I think she should stay in,” he told CBS News in an interview Friday. “In fact, I think she should announce that she’s gonna stay in through the [Republican] convention, no matter what happens in South Carolina, where it looks like she’ll lose.” 

Haley, he went on to say, “can carry the flag for everyone within the Republican party who doesn’t want Trump to get the nomination.” Yes, he conceded, “it’s an uphill fight. There’s no doubt about it.” Trump won the Iowa caucuses by 30 points and beat Haley, his remaining competitor for the nomination, by over 10 points in New Hampshire last week. She has been trailing in polls in her home state of South Carolina, which holds its Republican primary on Feb. 24.

Bolton feels that “if Trump did run into…