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US Republican Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Calls US Support To Ukraine 'Disastrous', Says Its Policy Brings Russia Closer To China

Abhay Rathore

Aug 24, 2023, 03:44 PM | Updated 03:44 PM IST


Republican candidate for the 2024 US presidential elections, Vivek Ramaswamy.
Republican candidate for the 2024 US presidential elections, Vivek Ramaswamy.

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who is running for the US presidential elections, has reaffirmed his belief that the United States' support of Ukraine isn't advantageous for the country's interests.

He suggests that he would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to keep certain regions of Ukraine, in exchange for Russia's commitment to end its alliance with China.

He opines that the China-Russia military partnership poses a significant military challenge for the United States and considers it crucial for this alliance to be dismantled. He sees this perspective as a bipartisan approach that favours American interests.

His unconventional stance to foreign policy and advocacy for a complete overhaul of the government to eliminate what he views as excessive 'wokeness' has earned him a surge in popularity and criticism.

Ramaswamy believes that Joe Biden should demonstrate strength in addressing his associate President Zelensky and clearly communicate the strong opposition to Ukraine's entry into NATO.

He believes this stance should be an unwavering boundary. He finds it concerning that even Republicans are advocating for it, and he urges for a halt to actions that could lead to a dangerous situation close to nuclear conflict.

Despite concerns regarding the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which the US has fulfilled, Ramaswamy observes the silence from the neocon-Democrat establishment on James Baker's 1990 promise to Gorbachev that NATO wouldn't expand beyond Germany.

He points out that NATO, created to prevent conflict with the USSR, has expanded rapidly after its dissolution, potentially increasing the risk of nuclear confrontation with Russia.

"As President I’ll refuse to be bullied by an anti-democratic comedian-turned-leader & it’s truly mystifying to me that the rest of the West is eating out of this Pied Piper’s hand every day," He said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Abhay Rathore is Staff Writer at Swarajya.


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