{"id":1941817,"date":"2023-06-01T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-presidential-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-deeply-concerned-over-musks-china-visit\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T09:18:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:18:42","slug":"republican-presidential-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-deeply-concerned-over-musks-china-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-presidential-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-deeply-concerned-over-musks-china-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Worried About Musk&#8217;s China Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-presidential-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-deeply-concerned-over-musks-china-visit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Presidential Candidate Expresses Concern Over Elon Musk\u2019s Meeting with China\u2019s Foreign Minister<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0601\/bc963bac-e738-4e4f-8d5b-ad482ab0d2d8\/audio.mp3?length=3071277&#038;duration=256\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d that Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">foreign minister<\/a> this week, while reportedly revealing an opposition to economic decoupling between the United States and China.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Twitter on May 31, Ramaswamy said he was breaking an \u201cunspoken rule in the GOP\u201d by sharing his concerns about the billionaire\u2019s meeting with China\u2019s foreign minister.<\/p>\n<p>Musk arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for his first trip to China in more than three years.<\/p>\n<p>The businessman first met with Foreign Minister Qin Gang, where according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Musk reportedly shared his thoughts on American and Chinese economic interests while also praising China\u2019s \u201cvitality and promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk later allegedly announced that he will expand his business in China, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/1752724344\/N3g6AqmKb?refer_flag=1001030103_\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s deeply concerning that Elon Musk met with China\u2019s foreign minister yesterday to oppose decoupling and referred to the U.S. &#038; Communist China as \u2018conjoined twins,\u201d Ramaswamy wrote on Twitter. \u201cTesla\u2019s VP in China reposted that statement on Weibo in China, but curiously, not here in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">presidential candidate<\/a> said he has been \u201cone of the most vocal supporters\u201d of Musk\u2019s effort to transform Twitter but that it is a \u201creal risk to the U.S. when the CCP turns our most prominent business leaders &#038; celebrities\u2014Tim Cook, Larry Fink, LeBron James, Elon Musk\u2014into puppets to advance their agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat tilts the global scales of perception in China\u2019s favor\u2014and sadly, it\u2019s working,\u201d Ramaswamy said. \u201cThe U.S. needs leaders who aren\u2019t in China\u2019s pocket. Yet Biden is just another embodiment of that same problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"morearticles\">\n\t\t<strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_list\">\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/the-u-s-capital-is-the-lifeline-of-the-chinese-communist-party-roger-robinson-interview_3172994.html\">US Capital Is the Lifeline of the Chinese Communist Party: Roger Robinson Interview<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Musk Silent on China Visit<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5305486\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01\/id5305486-musk-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> China\u2019s Foreign Minister Qin Gang, right, poses for photos with Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk in Beijing, China, on May 30 2023. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People\u2019s Republic of China via AP)<\/figure>\n<p>Musk did not publicly comment on his trip to China when asked by reporters while leaving a hotel in Beijing on Wednesday, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The businessman\u2014who purchased Twitter last year for $44 billion\u2014has also been unusually quiet on his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> during his visit to the country.<\/p>\n<p>However, a statement published on Tuesday by the Chinese Foreign Ministry claims that Musk told Foreign Minister Qin that the \u201cinterests of the United States and China are intertwined like conjoined twins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The foreign minister, meanwhile, told Musk during their meeting that both countries needed to \u201ckeep the steering wheel in the right direction of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation\u201d when it comes to their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Both nations should \u201cavoid dangerous driving\u201d Qin, formerly China\u2019s Ambassador to the United States, said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5305488\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01\/id5305488-tesla-in-china-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Workers chat under an umbrella outside the Tesla showroom in Beijing, China, on May 30, 2023. (AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan)<\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere at a press conference on Tuesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the nation \u201calways <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-presidential-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-deeply-concerned-over-musks-china-visit\/\" title=\"GOP Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Worried About Musk's China Trip\">welcomes business figures<\/a> from all countries, including Mr. Musk, to visit China for a deeper understanding of the country and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quincy-institute-fellow-denies-muslim-uighur-genocide\/\" title=\"Quincy Institute Fellow Denies Muslim Uighur Genocide\">mutually beneficial cooperation<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy expressed concern over Tesla CEO Elon Musk&#8217;s meeting with China&#8217;s foreign minister and his reported opposition to economic decoupling between the US and China. Ramaswamy broke an &#8220;unspoken rule in the GOP&#8221; by sharing his concerns on Twitter on May 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":1941818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4076,4501,6203,4842,18538,5601,18539,5622],"class_list":["post-1941817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-candidate","tag-china","tag-gop","tag-musks","tag-ramaswamy","tag-trip","tag-vivek","tag-worried"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}