Businessman turned Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy reiterated his calls for “level-headed” foreign policy decisions during an interview with Charlie Kirk. Ramaswamy — who has surged to third or even second place in a number of GOP primary polls — stated that the U.S. should provide Israel with support it needs to defend itself while also avoiding another U.S.-involved major war in the region.
Kirk first played a quote from former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in which she referred to the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Israel as an “attack on America” and seemingly insinuated that the U.S. should get involved in the conflict. “This is not just an attack on Israel, this is an attack on America because they hate us just as much and I’ll say this to Prime Minister Netanyahu, finish them. Finish them,” Haley said during a campaign event this past Saturday. “Hamas did this, you know Iran’s behind it, finish them. They should have hell to pay for what they’ve just done.”
“I think that was an irresponsible response from somebody who touts her own foreign policy experience,” Ramaswamy said in response to Haley’s statement.
The GOP hopeful went on to say that Haley is representative