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| GOP Presidential Candidate Says US Commitment To Taiwan ‘Will Change' Once We No Longer Need Their Semiconductors |
| 2023-08-15 |
| [Conservative Daily News] Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Monday that American commitments to Taiwan "will change" when the country gains "independence" from foreign-made semiconductors. "I’m being very clear: Xi Jinping should not mess with Taiwan until we have achieved semiconductor independence, until the end of my first term when I will lead us there," Ramaswamy told talk show host Hugh Hewitt in a Monday interview. "And after that, our commitments to Taiwan, our commitments to be willing to go to military conflict, will change after that, because that’s rationally in our self-interest," he added. Ramaswamy called for the United States to "declare independence" from China in February. Imports of goods and services from China by the United States reached $450.4 billion in 2020, according to the United States Trade Representative, with electrical machinery composing $111 billion of the imports while $97 billion came from machinery, leading to a $310.3 billion trade deficit. "There are two reasons why China wants to annex Taiwan. One is to squat on the semiconductor supply chain so they can exert leverage over the United States of America. That’s not happening on my watch. I’d take a firm position on that," Ramaswamy told Hewitt. "But the second reason why is that they have unfinished nationalistic business dating back to their civil war in 1949. And if that’s the sole basis for Xi Jinping going after Taiwan after we have semiconductor independence, then you know what? I am not going to send our sons and daughters to die over that conflict." Related: Vivek Ramaswamy: 2023-08-07 Hunter Biden business dealings 'likely' tied to US posture toward Ukraine: Ramaswamy Vivek Ramaswamy: 2023-08-05 Vivek Ramaswamy Says He Doesn't Believe Government 'Has Told The Truth' About 9/11 Vivek Ramaswamy: 2023-08-04 Vivek Ramaswamy Defends Trump, Demands Government Tell the Truth About What's Driving the Prosecutions (VIDEO) |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 How well would they thrive if they were not working against infiltrators? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-08-15 13:16 |
| #7 Taiwan demonstrates that a free Chinese democracy is possible. This is what frightens Beijing the most. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2023-08-15 13:04 |
| #6 The foolishness of a fair weather friend like this is that he disregards the future potential of people like the Taiwanese. He thinks they're only good for the current generation of semiconductors and that is very difficult to believe. If they're genius enough to pump out the chips they have so far, there is no telling what they might do in the future if they can stay out from under the CCP boot heel. And why should the Taiwanese maintain any commitment to America if they know we'll abandon them the minute we don't need them anymore? Why should the Japanese, the Koreans or the Philippines for that matter? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-08-15 12:45 |
| #5 Making Asa Hutchinson or Chris Christie look silly is useful; likely it could be done by mail. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-08-15 09:39 |
| #4 Vivek looks to have said some true things that most Americans won’t understand. He blended that pinch of spice into a cup of pure fantasy - the part about him being president, breaking from China and moving chip manufacturing back to the US. 30 percent of Americans think Taiwan is a sticker and couldn’t isolate it to a hemisphere. China now owns a significant percentage of our real estate, business, infrastructure and most of our politicians. In the debates Vivek does stand a decent chance of making guys like Asa Hutchinson look silly and out of touch. That would be useful in election years where the debates were relevant. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-08-15 08:38 |
| #3 Another tech bro suffering from tech bro disease. "I did something, so I know how to do anything!" How Ramaswamy made his money. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-08-15 08:20 |
| #2 The more he talks, the less likeable he becomes. |
| Posted by: EMSArtifact 2023-08-15 08:13 |
| #1 ....Aaaaaaaaaand so much for Vivek. Thanks for playing and as a parting gift, here's a case of Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco treat! Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-08-15 06:46 |