Nikki Haley called former President Donald Trump unhinged and more diminished than he was in 2016.

In an interview with Today co-host Craig Melvin on Tuesday, Haley defended voting for Trump in 2016 and 2020, saying that she was proud to serve him and his administration as the U.N. ambassador from 2017 to 2018.

Now, as someone running for the Republican nomination for president in 2024 against Trump, Haley is taking hits at the former president.

The problem now is he is not the same person he was in 2016, she said of Trump. He is unhinged; he is more diminished than he was.

On Monday, she called out Trump after he questioned where Haleys husband, Michael Haley, who is on a yearlong National Guard deployment, was during a rally Saturday.

Wheres your husband? Trump said on the campaign trail. Oh, hes away. Hes away. What happened to her husband? What happened to her husband? Where is he? Hes gone!

Haley said Monday that Trump couldnt be trusted to protect the troops, saying, If you dont have respect for our military and our veterans, God help us all if thats the case.

She echoed that sentiment Tuesday: If you dont know the value of our men and women in uniform, if you dont know the sacrifice that they go through, why should I, as a military spouse, and all our military families trust you to know that youre going to keep them out of harms way?

Haley took another hit at Trump on Tuesday, when she hinted that he is trying to influence the election results by promoting his former campaign adviser and daughter-in-law, Lara Trump , for chairs at the Republican National Committee.

Think about whats happening right now, Haley said at a campaign event in South Carolina . Is that how youre going to try and take an election?