Nutcase GOP candidate: "Ukraine must make 'major concessions' to Russia"

[speak easy]

Vivek Ramaswamy has no chance of winning the Republican nomination. His views on Ukraine are fringe (for the moment). AFAIK, nobody is saying make territorial concessions out loud. But fringe has a well worn path to the mainstream in today's GOP.

Ukraine must make 'major concessions' to Russia so US can focus on China: Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest 2024 Republican presidential candidate and self-proclaimed political outsider, on Sunday made his "America first" pitch for the White House while defending his view that the U.S. must force "major concessions" from Ukraine in order to end Russia's invasion and allow a sharper focus on facing China.

"The job of the U.S. president is to look after American interests," he told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz, arguing that militarily backing Ukraine's continued resistance to Russia's invasion is a less compelling goal than dealing with Beijing.

Instead, he said, he would "end this war" as long as Putin ended his country's alliance with China.

"No one tells Vladimir Putin what to do. That has not worked yet," Raddatz pressed. "And you said you would want to give them the Donbas [a region of Ukraine currently occupied by Russia]. ... That would be rewarding Putin, wouldn't it?"

"I don't trust Putin, but I do trust Putin to follow his self-interest," Ramaswamy maintained.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vivek-ramaswamy-bring-back-trumps-trans-military-ban/story?id=99813290

Insanity may be doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, but the 'Make Friends With Putin' wing of the GOP has not given up. Neither has its leader, TFG.

[dalton99a]

1. We'll be in good hands with Vivek Ramaswamy as president and Nimarata Randhawa secretary of state

[relayerbob]

2. Good chance that by Nov 2024 ...

The Russian Federation will either have ceased to exist, or will be in the midst of a civil war.

[speak easy]

3. "The Russian Federation will either have ceased to exist" or

NATO could intervene, sending troops to Moscow, to keep Putin in power

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

14. Russia is NOT a member state of NATO.

[speak easy]

16. ???

[Polybius]

19. Why would NATO send troops keep Putin in power?

Russia is not a NATO member.

[speak easy]

20. It was supposed to be a sarcastic joke

I put in a smiley. A more interesting question is whether NATO would get involved in a civil war in a Member State.

[Polybius]

21. Hopefully they won't

It's a real tough call though.

[getagrip_already]

4. Well, ok....

Instead of a 200km demilitarized zone in Russia, the uaf will concede to a 100 km dmz.

They also won't seize st Petersburg and Moscow. At lesst not permanently.

There, that is a concession.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Why is this guy running?

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Vanity, from all that I see.

The gentleman has a very high opinion of himself.

[brush]

11. My question too, but I don't think we'll hear much more from him after that....

pronouncement.

[Deuxcents]

6. Not gonna happen. Ukraine is in it to win it...

And this gop hopeful isn’t gonna be president. Imo

[thucythucy]

8. And if only Poland had compromised with Germany

everything would have been just hunky-dory.

You know, like when the Czechs gave up the Sudetenland. Remember how well that worked out?

[Grins]

9. His mental gymnastics and contradictions are astonishing!!

Where did this clown come from???

[Deep State Witch]

10. Birth Certificate

I wonder if TFG is going to want to see Vivek's birth certificate?

[Hortensis]

12. Oh, thank goodness, NOT a Dem! (Brief brain fog, very unpleasant!)

[JustAnotherGen]

13. He's a nobody

[Dorn]

15. Wrong: He's an ass and couldn't find his with two hands

[JustAnotherGen]

17. I concede!

[Johonny]

18. Why can GOP presidents only do one thing at a time?

FDR fought Japan and Germany at the same time. This dude can't even do advanced military strategy against two countries we aren't even at war with. Why not just tell us you can't do the job and quite the race.