Donald Trump knocks out Nikki Haley in New Hampshire primary

Former US President Donald Trump wins the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, giving a knockout blow to his opponent Nikki Haley.

Earlier, Donald Trump underscored his support in New Hampshire saying that the people "are going to all vote for me again."

Congratulating the former president's win, Nikki Haley said she is staying in the race.

"I want to congratulate Donald Trump on his victory tonight. He earned it, and I want to acknowledge that," the 52-year-old former South Carolina governor said.

But the race is "far from over", she said, as some states are left to vote.

"I have news for all of them: New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not last in the nation," Haley said. 

The worst kept secret in politics is how badly the Democrats want to run against Donald Trump," she said. "A Trump nomination is a Biden win," Haley noted.

She is hoping to secure a win in her home state of South Carolina, where the Republican primary is scheduled on February 24.

While responding to a question, earlier, about his major opponent and the former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley for staying into Super Tuesday, Trump said: "I don't care if she stays in, let her do whatever she wants, it doesn't matter."

During his surprise visit to a polling station at Londonderry, New Hampshire, accompanied by his ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump criticised incumbent President Joe Biden saying: "I think that Biden is the worst president in the history of this country.”

“But we’re gonna all comeback. They’re all coming back. And I think you see that here," the 77-year-old added.

Reacting to the former president's win, President Joe Biden's campaign said Tuesday that the result of the Republican primary confirms that Donald Trump has "all but locked up" the 2024 GOP nomination.

“Tonight’s results confirm Donald Trump has all but locked up the GOP nomination, and the election-denying, anti-freedom MAGA movement has completed its takeover of the Republican Party,” Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement.

The statement also added: "Donald Trump is headed straight into a general election matchup where he’ll face the only person to have ever beaten him at the ballot box: Joe Biden."