Posted on 08/28/2023 8:14:07 PM PDT by Reno89519
Fox News pundit and Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen railed against Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s foreign policy proposals, calling them “criminally stupid,” and “utterly disqualifying.”
Thiessen took to social media on Monday in response to an article Ramaswamy wrote with The American Conservative centered on how he would approach the Russia-Ukraine war and U.S. relations with China.
“This by @VivekGRamaswamy is criminally stupid,” Thiessen wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, before quoting one of the lines from Ramaswamy’s piece.
“Like a freshman foreign policy paper. Utterly disqualifying,” Thiessen continued.
Thiessen chose a quote from Ramaswamy’s piece centered around the White House hopeful’s vow to accept Russian control of the occupied territories and to block Ukraine’s NATO candidacy, “in exchange for Russia exiting its military alliance with China.” Ramaswamy also said he would end sanctions to bring Russia back into the global market and as a result, “elevate Russia as a strategic check on China’s designs in East Asia.”
In his post, Ramaswamy signaled he would significantly reduce the U.S.’ international involvement, writing, “We will be Uncle Sucker no more.” Ramaswamy claimed the U.S. “squandered” its opportunity after the end of the Cold War to remain he world’s lone superpower, allowing Russia and China to work together to threaten the nation’s top spot.
Ramaswamy said he would also plan to visit Moscow as president in 2025 to negotiate terms to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Ramaswamy’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine war drew criticism from his GOP rivals during last week’s GOP primary debate when he was the only candidate to raise his hand when moderators asked who would not keep supporting Ukraine. Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley responded to Ramaswamy’s stance, arguing he has “no foreign policy and it shows.”
In a post later Monday, Thiessen responded to a post from Ramaswamy on his stance on Taiwan, writing “Amateur hour. All China hears is: ‘We can invade in 2028.’ This is how world wars get started.”
Touching upon Taiwan in his piece with The American Conservative, Ramaswamy said he would push for “strategic clarity” on defending American interests in Taiwan, in contrast to the current U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity.
China considers Taiwan, a self-governing democracy, to be a part of its sovereign territory and seeks reunification with the island.
What I said is correct. If you have an argument against it, make it. But you don’t.
I was referring to the BRICS threat.
That Ukrainian grain was headed to the EU.
Irrelevant. The EU will easily replace the grain and the shortfall will show up in some poor country that can least afford it, whether it’s a couple steps removed or 20.
Not irrelevant to Putin. Why do you think he blew up the Ukro grain and backed out of the deal?
Screw the EU. Let them get their own grain.
Last grain deal only 3% went to Africa.
Americans always fall for the msm garbage.
Nigeria had 200, 000 tons in storage that they just released.
But any opportunity to make a rival superpower look bad.
That’s the country I live in.
Prussia/Germany and Russia have a long history of warfare between them. There have been no wars between China and Russia for over 350 years.
Great ticket!
Campaign slogan, "A cobra in every basket"
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