{"id":2016928,"date":"2023-08-30T14:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-joins-2024-rivals-in-attacking-vivek-ramaswamy-on-foreign-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:00:20","slug":"chris-christie-joins-2024-rivals-in-attacking-vivek-ramaswamy-on-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-joins-2024-rivals-in-attacking-vivek-ramaswamy-on-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie joins 2024 rivals in criticizing Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s foreign policy."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fchris-christie-joins-2024-rivals-in-attacking-vivek-ramaswamy-on-foreign-policy%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=2016928&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>Former New Jersey Gov.\u2063 Chris Christie Slams Rival&#8217;s Foreign Policy Expertise<\/h2>\n<p>Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joined at\u2064 least two other fellow Republican presidential candidates in attacking Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/while-spotlight-is-on-trump-haley-and-her-allies-stay-focused-on-china\/\" title=\"Haley and allies prioritize China amidst Trump's spotlight.\">foreign policy expertise<\/a> this\u200d week.<\/p>\n<p>During a Fox \u200cNews appearance on Tuesday, Christie criticized Ramaswamy&#8217;s previous comments on the United States defending Taiwan until 2028, which he later amended. Christie argued that the U.S.\u2063 should defend the \u2062nation until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-joins-2024-rivals-in-attacking-vivek-ramaswamy-on-foreign-policy\/\" title=\"Chris Christie joins 2024 rivals in criticizing Vivek Ramaswamy's foreign policy.\">achieving semiconductor independence<\/a> and then reevaluate, a departure \u2064from Republican ideology.<\/p>\n<h3>Christie&#8217;s\u200c Strong Stance on Taiwan<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to Taiwan, the foreign policy starts in Ukraine, where we send a very clear message through our\u200b unlimited support of the Ukrainian\u2062 efforts to defeat the Russians and \u2063send \u200ba clear message to China that we are \u2062not going to cut and run,&#8221; Christie told Fox News. &#8220;We&#8217;re not going \u2063to do what Joe Biden\u2062 did in \u200cAfghanistan. We&#8217;re not going to abandon our friends and leave them on the battlefield. That&#8217;s going to \u200csend a very clear message to China, that if they tried to make any aggressive moves\u2063 towards Taiwan, the juice will not be \u2064worth\u2063 the squeeze for them in a Christie\u2062 administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy has also expressed his opposition to the U.S. policy of &#8220;strategic\u200d ambiguity&#8221; when it comes to Taiwan, a stance that Christie strongly \u2062criticized during his interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing \u2064ambiguous about Vivek&#8217;s position \u2062on this. He is going to give Taiwan to \u2064the Chinese \u200din \u200c2028,&#8221; Christie continued. &#8220;So he&#8217;s right. He&#8217;s getting rid of ambiguity, but his ambiguity is to give Taiwan away to the Chinese. That&#8217;s not what I want\u200b to\u2064 do. That&#8217;s not what I think is right\u200b for America or for the rest of the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christie took to Twitter \u200cto reiterate his stance and \u200ddirectly call out Ramaswamy:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Let\u2019s be \u2062clear: @VivekGRamaswamy\u2019s foreign policy\u2063 is to run and hide. He would \u2062give Taiwan to China. In a Christie\u200d administration, we will not cut\u200d and run. We \u200bdon\u2019t abandon our allies,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christie is not alone in his criticism\u200d of Ramaswamy. Former Vice President Mike Pence \u200band former United Nations Ambassador \u2064Nikki Haley have also slammed Ramaswamy this week.<\/p>\n<p>Pence, during \u200da call with reporters, linked Ramaswamy to former\u200d President Barack Obama and criticized his foreign policy:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2062 believe that Vivek\u2019s foreign policy echoes \u2064the Obama doctrine of appeasement to the world&#8217;s most ruthless regimes of Russia and\u200b China and Iran,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haley, on the\u200c other \u200chand, called out \u2063Ramaswamy for his stance on funding for Israel:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;.@VivekGRamaswamy\u2019s attacks &#038;\u200b desperate attempts at damage control don\u2019t change how he \u2064treats\u2063 our friend Israel &#038; how his dangerous policies make America less\u2063 safe. Israel faces genocidal threats from\u200d Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, &#038; Syria,&#8221; she posted. &#8220;Our\u200d next president must understand that. Vivek said we should\u2063 abandon Israel after 2028. Those are HIS words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s\u200b rising \u200cpopularity in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-addresses-media-narratives-his-campaign-has-struggled\/\" title=\"DeSantis dismisses media's claims of campaign struggles.\">national primary polls<\/a> has prompted more attacks from his rivals. However, these attacks have also \u2064forced him to clarify his ideology and defend\u2064 his foreign policy stances.<\/p>\n<p>As the attacks intensify, Ramaswamy may need to offer more substantive\u2064 defenses regarding his foreign policy ideology to counter his opponents&#8217; criticisms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, along with two other GOP candidates, criticized Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s foreign policy knowledge. 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