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The Liberty Loft
The Liberty Loft
31 Aug 2023
WND Staff


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Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy at the Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Video screenshot)

Rising Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stirred up a controversy for himself recently by talking about cutting American aid to Israel, the only democracy in its part of the world and a strong ally to America.

Now he’s updating, or clarifying, or reversing, depending on political persuasion.

It is the Washington Free Beacon that reports he says funding to Israel should continue until Jerusalem “tells the U.S. that it no longer needs the aid.”

U.S. and Israeli aircraft approach a KC-10 Extender to refuel during Exercise Enduring Lightning II over southern Israel, Aug. 2, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Patrick OReilly)

U.S. and Israeli aircraft approach a KC-10 Extender to refuel during Exercise Enduring Lightning II over southern Israel, Aug. 2, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Patrick OReilly)

He was “facing backlash,” the report explained because the statement is different from his challenge earlier this month that “come 2028, that additional aid won’t be necessary.”

The U.S. now sends Israel about $3 billion annually, most of which is spent in the U.S. defense industry.

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper tours the Iron Dome display with Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz, Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 29, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper tours the Iron Dome display with Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz, Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 29, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

After the earlier statement, he took criticism from pro-Israel leaders and Nikki Haley, who also is seeking the GOP nomination for president.

She charged he was “completely wrong to call for ending America’s special bond with Israel.”

He responded to Haley, also an Indian-American, “Keep lying, Nimarata Randhawa.”

Nikki Haley at the Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Video screenshot)

Nikki Haley at the Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Video screenshot)

The report explained Haley’s maiden name was Randhawa prior to her marriage to Michael Haley in 1996. Her first name is Nimarata, although she goes by her middle name Nikki.

Ramaswamy’s campaign also said he would want to “partner with Israel to ensure that Iran never acquires nuclear capabilities.”

Military leaders from Colombia and Israel observe an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the

Military leaders from Colombia and Israel observe an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Black Aces” of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) on July 20, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Singley)

His comments about ending aid came in an interview with the Free Beacon when he said aid could be cut off when the current spending plan adopted by Congress expires in 2028.

He said the aid would not be needed because his intent would be to negotiate new peace treaties involving Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Indonesia and Oman right away.

“If we’re successful, the true mark of success for the U.S., and for Israel, will be to get to a 2028 where Israel is so strongly standing on its own two feet, integrated into the economic and security infrastructure of the rest of the Middle East, that it will not require and be dependent on that same level of historical aid or commitment from the U.S.,” said Ramaswamy.

President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz)

President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz)

Weeks ago, he said the U.S. could roll back military aid if it’s part of a “broader disengagement” in the Middle East issues.

The report said the “fact-check” on Ramaswamy’s website was changed this week to affirm he wouldn’t “cut aid to Israel until Israel tells the U.S. that it no longer needs the aid.”

“That’s what Vivek actually said, so don’t believe the opponents’ lies that he wants to cut aid to Israel—which makes zero sense as a foreign policy priority any time in the foreseeable future,” said Ramaswamy’s campaign.

This article was originally published by the WND News Center.

This post originally appeared on WND News Center.