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‘I don’t want to be the apple of Vladimir Putin’s eye’: Christie breaks with GOP rivals on foreign policy
You don't want a Putin ass-wipe as the GOP nominee for president either?!!
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Saturday drew a stark foreign policy contrast with rivals for the GOP nomination who have proposed loosening current American commitments in Ukraine and Taiwan in the face of aggression from Russia and China.
Speaking to Erick Erickson at an Atlanta-area conference on Saturday morning, Christie went deep on his foreign policy vision, saying the U.S. must push back against authoritarian leaders and uphold democratic rights and norms in a broad preview of what foreign policy in his administration would look like.
“We have folks in this race who have called Vladimir Putin brilliant, a great leader," Christie said. "Just yesterday, Donald Trump called him that he was the apple of Putin’s eye. I have to tell you the truth: I don't want to be the apple of Vladimir Putin’s eye.”
“A Christie administration would stand up for our friends around the world and work with them,” he added.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy recently began touting an eyebrow-raising Taiwan strategy that would entail shrinking current U.S. commitments to the island once America gains domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Christie appeared to hit back at such plans in his Saturday remarks.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-t-want-apple-vladimir-145147627.html
[video]https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000005935591/trump-and-putin-a-love-story.html[/video]
You don't want a Putin ass-wipe as the GOP nominee for president either?!!
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Saturday drew a stark foreign policy contrast with rivals for the GOP nomination who have proposed loosening current American commitments in Ukraine and Taiwan in the face of aggression from Russia and China.
Speaking to Erick Erickson at an Atlanta-area conference on Saturday morning, Christie went deep on his foreign policy vision, saying the U.S. must push back against authoritarian leaders and uphold democratic rights and norms in a broad preview of what foreign policy in his administration would look like.
“We have folks in this race who have called Vladimir Putin brilliant, a great leader," Christie said. "Just yesterday, Donald Trump called him that he was the apple of Putin’s eye. I have to tell you the truth: I don't want to be the apple of Vladimir Putin’s eye.”
“A Christie administration would stand up for our friends around the world and work with them,” he added.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy recently began touting an eyebrow-raising Taiwan strategy that would entail shrinking current U.S. commitments to the island once America gains domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Christie appeared to hit back at such plans in his Saturday remarks.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-t-want-apple-vladimir-145147627.html
[video]https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000005935591/trump-and-putin-a-love-story.html[/video]
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