From Trump to Congress, Republican defense orthodoxy crumbles – By Bryant Harris (Defense News) / Dec 5, 2023
WASHINGTON ― An exasperated Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador, laid into Vivek Ramaswamy — a former biotech CEO with no experience as an elected official — over his lack of foreign policy credentials during the first Republican presidential primary debate in August.
Haley accused Ramaswamy of seeking to appease U.S. adversaries while abandoning Washington’s security partners.
“He wants to hand Ukraine to Russia,” she said. “He wants to let China eat Taiwan. He wants to go and stop funding Israel.”
Ramaswamy’s retort was brief and personal. “I wish you well in your future career on the boards of Lockheed and Raytheon,” he said.
