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Ryan King, Breaking Politics Reporter


NextImg:Vivek Ramaswamy willing to give 'major concessions to Russia' to end Ukraine war

Entrepreneur and 2024 hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is willing to deliver "major concessions to Russia" for the sake of ending the war in Ukraine.

Ramaswamy underscored that he does not view the threat of Russia taking over Ukraine as a "top foreign policy priority" and suggested that the West could freeze current lines on the battlefield and make a commitment that Ukraine won't enter NATO as a means of ending the conflict.

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"What I think we need to do is end the Ukraine war on peaceful terms that, yes, do make some major concessions to Russia, including freezing those current lines of control in a Korean War-style armistice agreement," Ramaswamy told ABC's This Week. "And also a permanent commitment not to allow Ukraine to enter NATO."

In exchange, Ramaswamy wants Russia to "leave its treaty and its joint military agreement with China." The 2024 hopeful has previously contended that the war in Ukraine is not a pivotal national security interest.

Professing his "America First" ideology, Ramaswamy stressed that he views the threat of China as far more pressing than Russia.

"I don’t think it is preferable for Russia to be able to invade a sovereign country that is its neighbor. But I think the job of the U.S. president is to look after American interests," he said. "And what I think the number one threat to the U.S. military is right now — our top military threat — is the Sino-Russian alliance."

Unlike with Ukraine, Ramaswamy believes that threats to Taiwan are a "much higher priority for the United States" given the self-governing island's production of high-valued chips, particularly from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and has kept the use of military force on the table for reunification.

Additionally, Ramaswamy has, in the past, suggested the United States take military action against the drug cartels in Mexico, which he believes poses a far graver threat to the mainland than countries have a world aware due to the trafficking of fentanyl.

"I think the border crisis. Two hundred Americans dying per day from the fentanyl crisis, 50 times the number that died on 9/11. That’s an American interest," Ramaswamy added.

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Ukraine has emerged as a schism for 2024 GOP hopefuls, with some such as Ramaswamy casting doubts on continued U.S. military aid to the besieged nation, which is bracing for a Russian counteroffensive.

Others, such as former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, and former United Nations ambassador as well as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, have backed continued support for Ukraine.