Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley jostling as ‘alternative’ to Trump

US Studies Centre Director of Research Jared Mondschein says Ron Desantis and Nikki Haley are trying to “knock the other” to be the presumed alternative to Donald Trump. “We are going to see, in just a few weeks from now, a winnowing of a field,” Mr Monschein told Sky News Australia. “You’ll likely see the smaller candidates … dropping out very soon, especially after Iowa in mid-January. Mr Monschein says despite lacking the polls, establishment GOP donors are a “big fan” of Nikki Haley as the primary candidate. Donald Trump is miles ahead of his Republican rivals in the polls with the countdown well and truly on until the Iowa caucuses.