A much calmer Vivek talking about rules against lobbying the government or serving on corporate boards you worked with while in the public sector is appealing even if doesn’t have the details exactly worked out.
It’s time for a “clean divorce” between “capitalism and democracy.” – Vivek.
DeSantis, asked about Obamacare, says we have to attack costs, but only cites vague concepts like price transparency and holding drug companies accountable. Hard to get into details in a short answer, yes. But even accounting for that, it was vague.
Vivek’s solution to health care costs is…antitrust lawsuits. Elizabeth Warren-ism.
DeSantis, asked about Obamacare, implicitly concludes that the Republican response by now has to be incremental.
It’s strange how Ramaswamy sounds like a much more intelligent person when talking about a field he has some personal experience in – healthcare.
Christie joining Ramaswamy in openly calling for the U.S. going to war with China to defend Taiwan is the longstanding policy of “strategic ambiguity” crumbling before our eyes.
This just handed to me: It is not U.S. policy to defend Taiwan, at least not officially, despite about four gaffes from Joe Biden on this. The One China Policy states that the U.S. does not want the issue of the rule of Taiwan to be settled by military force, but it does not explicitly say we will defend Taiwan from a Chinese military invasion. It is widely believed that the U.S. would defend Taiwan, but the U.S., other than the occasional gaffe from Biden, does not state that we will do so. Good topic for a magazine cover piece!
Called out by Vargas for a proposal to arm Taiwanese citizens that the Taiwanese government opposes, Ramaswamy goes hawkish: “The U.S. will absolutely defend Taiwan.”
DeSantis says, while refusing to say explicitly, that it’s US policy to defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion. Argues that deterrence will succeed.