Continued US military aid for Ukraine risks setting the stage for a ‘post-Zelensky Warlord’ and only pushes Russia and China closer together, Republican presidential nomination candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, told a debate in Milwaukee on Thursday.
Asked about the comments by state-run Voice of America, Ramaswamy added that sending more money to Kiev “does not advance American interests” and that the job of the president is to look out for America first.
“You mark my words, the way this war ends right now, without the US actually stepping in and saying we’re not going to fund any more of it, is going to be some post-Zelensky warlord takes over with a couple hundred billion dollars of American military equipment, just like what happened after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. And you see how far that got,” the 38-year-old tech entrepreneur added.
Ramaswamy also said his plan to end the conflict “will actually be probably better for Ukraine. At least it comes out with its sovereignty intact, which is not the plan they’re on right now.”