Well, he can defend the 90% number by claiming that the rest of Haley primary voters were not Republican and even then, the math does not add up. And frankly in a tight race, even 10% of primary voters is yooge!
I would view that comment more as a signal and as public negotiations with Haley. He wants to lower her price for coming to him (not sure whether just for endorsement or as a VP). I doubt that flea market bargaining strategy will work but we shall see.
Oh geez, how many times have we heard this over the last nine years?
“Don’t worry, folks — I know Trump’s statement seems like a complete lie if you just go by the facts, but if you let me dissect it for the next 15 minutes, you’ll see it actually makes a lot of sense and is a brilliant political 3D chess move!”
Not buying it!