Vivek Ramaswamy talks China, 9/11, war, economic collapse and LGBT ideology

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Monday, August 21, 2023

Ukraine and U.S. national interest

Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv on February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine today with explosions heard soon after across the country and its foreign minister warning a 'full-scale invasion' was underway. — Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv on February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine today with explosions heard soon after across the country and its foreign minister warning a "full-scale invasion" was underway. | Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images

Ramaswamy weighed in on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and U.S. involvement, asserting that "we have no discernible national interest at issue in Ukraine."

He lamented, "We are driving Russia further into China's arms as we arm Ukraine."

Ramaswamy described U.S. actions in Ukraine as "further strengthening what I see as the single greatest military that the United States certainly has faced since World War II, you could make a case that the United States has ever faced."

In addition to the national security threat posed by an alliance between Russia and China, Ramaswamy expressed concern about the economic impacts of escalating tensions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

In Taiwan, Ramaswamy stated, "We are dependent on a tiny island nation off the southeast coast of China for our entire modern way of life."

He implied that a Russia-China alliance would make it more likely for China to invade Taiwan, which it views as part of its larger empire. Ramaswamy maintained that China taking control of Taiwan would result in the communist country having "economic leverage" over the U.S.

Ramaswamy outlined how China would likely tell the U.S., "I get to make your stuff as long as I get all of your IP and everything else in return."

While the U.S. would not presently accept such a deal, Ramaswamy predicted that Chinese President Xi Jinping "squatting on the semiconductor supply chain" would lead to the U.S. caving in.

After advocating for the U.S. to embrace making semiconductors domestically, the candidate summarized his views on economic independence as well as the broader conflict in Ukraine.

"I do not consent to Xi Jinping holding an economic gun to our head and lording that over for the next 100 years of the future of the United States, but if we're no longer dependent on that tiny island nation, then I will not send our sons and daughters to die over somebody else's nationalistic disputes."