{"id":2015936,"date":"2023-08-29T18:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-hannity-gets-anti-war-vivek-to-sound-like-a-neocon\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T18:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:24:22","slug":"watch-hannity-gets-anti-war-vivek-to-sound-like-a-neocon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-hannity-gets-anti-war-vivek-to-sound-like-a-neocon\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Hannity Transforms Anti-War Advocate Vivek into Neocon"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fwatch-hannity-gets-anti-war-vivek-to-sound-like-a-neocon%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=2015936&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--><div>\n<h2>Isolationist GOP\u2064 Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy\u2063 Shifts Stance \u2063on Israel and\u2062 Taiwan<\/h2>\n<p>During a 10-minute interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, GOP presidential \u2062candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made a surprising pivot on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-overwhelmingly-votes-to-keep-u-s-embassy-in-jerusalem\/\" title=\"Senate Overwhelmingly Votes to Keep U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem\">foreign policy positions<\/a>.\u200c Hannity confronted Ramaswamy \u2064over his recent proposals to cut off U.S. military aid to Israel\u200d and drop defense of\u200d Taiwan after 2028.\u200c In response, Ramaswamy denied\u200c ever proposing such policies and instead vowed to increase U.S. support for both countries if elected.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2063interview on <em>Hannity<\/em> is just\u200c the \u2062latest example of Ramaswamy, a 38-year-old \u200centrepreneur with no political experience, adjusting his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-hannity-gets-anti-war-vivek-to-sound-like-a-neocon\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Hannity Transforms Anti-War Advocate Vivek into Neocon\">isolationist foreign policy positions<\/a> in the face of criticism.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You said aid to Israel, our number one ally, the only democracy in the region, should end in 2028 and\u200c that\u2063 they should be\u2062 integrated with\u2062 their neighbors,&#8221; Hannity said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s false,&#8221; Ramaswamy replied. &#8220;What I said is it would be a mark of success if we ever got to\u2064 a point in our relationship with \u2064Israel where Israel never needed the United States&#8217; aid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pressed further by \u200bHannity on the importance\u2063 of \u200cthe U.S.-Israel strategic alliance and the intelligence sharing in a region with many enemies, Ramaswamy confidently stated, &#8220;I understand it I think more deeply than probably anybody in this race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy added, &#8220;By \u2062the\u200c end of my first term, our relationship with Israel\u2064 will be stronger than ever because I\u2063 will treat it as a true\u2064 friendship, not\u2062 just a transactional relationship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Then&#8230;\u2064 why did you say that Israel should not have\u2063 preferential treatment from us?&#8221; Hannity asked, alluding to comments Ramaswamy made to the <em>Washington\u200b Free \u200bBeacon<\/em> \u2062 and others.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy \u2063dismissed Hannity&#8217;s characterization of his remarks as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">fake news<\/a>&#8221; \u2063and reiterated his promise \u2063to negotiate\u2064 an &#8220;Abraham Accords\u2062 2.0&#8221; peace treaty between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Indonesia, and Oman. He also\u200b emphasized his commitment\u2063 to preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, Ramaswamy&#8217;s website was updated\u200d to \u200dclarify that he &#8220;won&#8217;t cut aid to\u2063 Israel until Israel tells the U.S. that\u200b it \u2064no longer needs the aid.&#8221; This came after Ramaswamy previously \u2064expressed support for cutting off aid\u200d when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-cut-off-aid-to-israel-after-2028\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy: End Israeli Aid by 2028\">current package passed<\/a>\u2064 by Congress expires in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Hannity also questioned Ramaswamy&#8217;s apparent support for allowing China to invade Taiwan \u2064once\u200d the United\u200b States no longer\u2064 needs the \u2064island nation for critical semiconductor \u200ctechnology. Ramaswamy\u2063 clarified that he meant after 2028, he would return the United \u200dStates to the status quo on Taiwan. Until then, he would strengthen \u2064the U.S. commitment to defend Taiwan from China.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We need to be clear \u200dthat we will \u2062defend Taiwan,&#8221; Ramaswamy\u200b said. \u200b&#8221;We have to defend Taiwan until we achieve semiconductor independence, at which\u2064 point we resume\u2064 our current posture of strategic ambiguity,&#8221; Ramaswamy\u200c said, \u200bechoing his Monday letter\u200c to the <em>Wall\u200d Street Journal<\/em> editorial board.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hannity also briefly discussed Ramaswamy&#8217;s platform on Ukraine,\u200b which involves ending U.S. aid to the \u200ccountry and accepting Russia&#8217;s conquest in\u2063 exchange\u200b for \u200dMoscow ending its military alliance with China. \u200bBoth Hannity and Ramaswamy expressed concerns about the\u2062 Russia-China alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Ramaswamy&#8217;s\u2064 evolving foreign policy positions have drawn attention \u2063and scrutiny.\u200d As the campaign progresses, voters \u200dwill be closely watching how he continues \u2064to shape his \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">stance<\/a> on these critical \u200binternational issues.<\/p>\n<h3>Sources:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=21jRHCbQT0A\">Comments made \u200bto the Washington Free \u2063Beacon and others<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/in-latest-reversal-vivek-ramaswamy-says-he-wont-cut-israel-aid-without-jerusalems-approval\/\">Updated statement on aid to Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hughhewitt.com\/vivek-ramaswamy-on-all-things-national-security\">Interview with Hugh \u2062Hewitt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/vivek-ramaswamy-plan-to-defend-taiwan-arm-semiconductors-debate-5d5f751d\">Letter to the Wall Street \u2063Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/08\/23\/republican-primary-debate-live-updates-desantis-ramaswamy-christie-trump.html\">Ukraine stance discussed on \u2063CNBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/a-viable-realism-and-revival-doctrine\/\">Essay in the American Conservative<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isolationist GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy shifted his stance on Israel and Taiwan during a brief interview with Fox News&#8217; Sean Hannity. Hannity questioned Ramaswamy about his previous suggestions to halt U.S. military aid to Israel and withdraw defense support for Taiwan after 2028. 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