Former President Donald Trump is not actively courting Nikki Haley or her voter base after the former United States Ambassador dropped out of the presidential race earlier this month.

Haley suspended her bid for the Republican presidential nomination after the former president sailed to victory in the Super Tuesday primary races. In her speech, she stated that she wouldn’t endorse any candidates, and they must court her supporters to get their votes. Those who helped Haley in the primary have yet to hear from Trump, Politico reported. 

Art Pope, a major GOP donor to Haley and the former chair of Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, told Politico the Trump campaign has yet to reach out to him. The new Republican National Committee Chairman, Michael Whatley, however, has contacted him regarding his support for Trump. 

“I know he’s reached out to some and others he’s not,” Pope said. “But as far as the message he’s sending in his public comments and his interviews and his rallies, he has not been very conciliatory, and on the positions and on the issues, he’s doubling down, like on his proposal for the largest tax increase ever proposed by a Republican candidate for president with his tariff tax.”

Pope is currently on the fence about who to support in the general election and is waiting for Trump’s vice presidential pick. The former chair of Americans for Prosperity told Whatley he’d like to gauge the “tone” of the Republican National Convention before reaching a decision.

Despite Trump decisively defeating Haley in the primaries, a significant number of voters remain unwilling to support the former president. An Emerson College survey from early March shows 63% of Haley supporters would back President Joe Biden over Trump in a general election matchup, compared to 27% who would vote for the former president. 

Trump’s advisors are confident in the former president’s support without courting Haley voters, citing his lead in general election polls and his increasing appeal among Black and Hispanic voters.

“In this business it’s all about addition and not subtraction,” a Trump adviser, granted anonymity to speak, told Politico. “We wouldn’t turn away any chance to get more votes and expand the tent. We aren’t saying no to people and we never would, that would never be a strategy on our part.”

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“It is incumbent on her and her team to try not to be negative against Trump even after they’ve dropped out,” the adviser added, noting if Haley gave her endorsement to Trump “or actually said some nice things about the party, it would go a long way.”

In dropping out of the race, Haley stopped short of endorsing the former president, a move reminiscent of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s stance. Other GOP presidential hopefuls, such as Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), endorsed the Republican front-runner following the suspension of their own campaigns. Former Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) have joined Trump on the campaign trail.