Haley Campaign Press Release - Nikki Haley Will Make America Strong, Ramaswamy Will Make America Weak

Nikki Haley will make America strong by standing up for America's allies and standing up to America's enemies. In contrast, Vivek Ramaswamy told America's allies to take a hike and told America's enemies to take whatever they want.

The takeaway from this debate is clear: Nikki Haley has the toughness, moral clarity, and experience to reverse Joe Biden's weak-kneed foreign policy and make America strong and proud.

VIVEK RAMASWAMY Ramaswamy told America's allies to take a hike and told America's enemies to take whatever they want.

• Ramaswamy called for treating Israel like every other Middle Eastern country and ending military aid to Israel in 2028.
• Ramaswamy called for ending all aid to Ukraine and giving large portions of Ukraine to China. He also called for ending sanctions on Russia.
• Ramaswamy said he will abandon Taiwan after America achieves semiconductor independence in 2028.

NIKKI HALEY Haley was a fierce defender of Israel at the UN and continues to have Israel's back.

• Haley criticized Ramaswamy's Israel plan: "Vivek Ramaswamy is completely wrong to call for ending America's special bond with Israel... Support for Israel is both the morally right and strategically smart thing to do."
• Haley criticized Joe Biden's meddling in Israel's domestic issues and slammed Biden for not inviting Netanyahu to the White House earlier.
• Haley was one of the few key administration officials pushing President Trump to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Ambassador Haley specifically for moving the embassy.
• Haley famously vetoed a UN resolution condemning America for moving its embassy and declared: "We've made our decision as a sovereign nation, and there's nothing you can do about it – but we will remember your actions the next time you come, hat in hand, begging us for more money."
• Haley pushed President Trump to leave the Iran deal, while establishment types like Rex Tillerson and James Mattis advised against leaving. Haley is credited with laying the policy foundation for exiting the deal.

Haley is the most vocal candidate supporting military aid to Ukraine and articulating the importance of defeating Russia.

• Haley supports sending military aid to Ukraine, but not cash payments or troops on the ground. She believes Europe should do more to shoulder the burden of economic aid.
• Haley supports giving cluster munitions to Ukraine and supports letting Ukraine into NATO.
• In June 2023, Haley refuted DeSantis' claim that the Russia-Ukraine war is a "territorial dispute" and reiterated the importance of aid, saying, "this is a war about freedom, and it's one we have to win."
• Haley wrote an op-ed arguing that the Russian invasion isn't just about Ukraine. If Russia wins in Ukraine, China wins too. A win for Russia will embolden China and could lead to World War Three.

Haley has a longstanding record of supporting Ukraine going back to her days as UN ambassador.

• Haley's first remarks to the UN Security Council were to condemn Russia's aggressive actions in Ukraine and call for the immediate end of the Russian occupation of Crimea.
• Haley was a standout critic of Russia in the Trump administration, saying Russia should "never" be trusted and Russia is "never going to be our friend."
  • Politico: "At the United Nations, Ambassador Nikki Haley has denounced the Kremlin so many times it has stopped being news, on issues ranging from Syria to Ukraine, over which Haley recently demanded 'clear and strong condemnation.'"
• When Haley arrived at the UN she ditched protocol and met with the Ukrainian ambassador before the Russian ambassador.

Nikki Haley has been the most outspoken candidate on combating the growing China threat.

• Haley released a comprehensive plan to tackle China domestically, economically, and militarily.
• Haley released the second phase of her China plan in July.
• Haley has a long record of standing up to China. In 2021, Haley was one of the few political leaders who called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics.
• In 2020, Nikki wrote two pieces about the need to separate from China and become more self-reliant.
• In 2019, Haley gave a major speech on China in which she called on the world to wake up to the increasing Chinese threat.