 Former President Donald Trump used college football rivalry weekend to bask among his supporters in a state and region that are key to his presidential fortunes, while trying to upstage his Republican opponent Nikki Haley on her home turf at the Clemson, South Carolina football game. The former president and current front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination walked into Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia to chance of We Want Trump. We Want Trump, from fans gathered for the annual Palmetto Bowl, the state's biggest sporting event of the year Haley, a Clemson alumna and trustee who was twice elected South Carolina governor, did not attend Trump was a guest of Governor Henry McMaster, Haley's successor. The entourage, which entered through a veritable tunnel of Trump supporters on its way to a private suite, also included South Carolina's senior U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, giving the former president a show of local political force at a game featuring Haley's alma mater.