I watched an interview with him on CNN discussing his views on Taiwan. In that interview he stated that he would arm Taiwan to be like a hedgehog - possibly a porcupine - so China wouldn’t invade. He ended his comment with, ‘until the US has chip independence’.
That made me take notice. I mean, it wouldn’t be like the American Government to defend a nation until it got what it wanted then feed said nation to the lions, would it?
Is that what Taiwan spends on defense?
I’ve been reading this thread in utter disbelief that people on a Taiwan forum are cheering on a candidate that has said on multiple occasions he’d stand back and let China invade Taiwan as soon the US gets their own microchips sorted. It’s like watching turkeys all vote for Christmas.
I think I saw one person cheering for him and a fair bit of criticism.
Oh maybe there was a few more. Not everyone is in Taiwan 
I think you should quote every tine this has happened in the thread. Only 64 posts. Who exactly is cheering, and what exactly are they saying?
If you can’t back up your assertion about this thread with quotes from the thread, that is good for us to know.
I’m not American, not cheering anyone except not Trump
Is that what he said? What would happen if we googled for an exact, unedited quote?
Life is full of questions like this one. Did Viv also say he’d wait to withdraw military support until after the new play station Q with redeemable blowjobs was released around Xmas? Always thinking of number one, that guy! 
Here is your exact unedited quote on CNN: VR CNN live interview
He said it while responding to CNN’s use of an out of context sound bite,. He put his views of Taiwan back in context, which included defending Taiwan until the US achieves semiconductor independence.
I’m not American, and I think any two party system is contains two sides of a bad coin. I actually was quite taken by this dude until he says that.
Maybe he slipped up and confirmed the US Government’s true foreign policy towards Taiwan which wouldn’t actually surprise me.
That’s the young Turks reverse engineering a cnn interview. Looking for a hard copy here.
So, one of my objectives is by the end of my first term, I believe I will lead us towards semiconductor independence. During that time, I’m going to be very clear, move from strategic ambiguity in Taiwan to strategic clarity, where I am crystal clear with China that you do not make a move on that island because I refuse to put China in a position to hold an economic gun to our head," Ramaswamy said. “We’ll take destroyers from the group we have in Japan, take one per month, move it through that Taiwan Strait. … This is something that actually will send a strong signal to China they will not take the risk of making that move, especially if they know that the U.S. is only biding our time until we have semiconductor independence. That’s where strategic clarity actually helps us.”
From here
And it is not really this:
You’re adding the last bit.
He is?
Waiting for the time when people stop the religious adherence to elephants and jackasses.
Not holding my breath (which may disappoint a few).
Barely more than 2%.
I think Vivek said in the Greenwald interview I linked above it should be 5% in his view. I’d respect him more if this was the core of his argument. As is, it looks like a sop to his desire to flick Taiwan into the gutter.
He doesn’t say anything about letting China invade Taiwan once the U.S. has chip security. He talks about the situation up to that point, as a way of saying this is how we keep them off Taiwan. After that, Taiwan should have its shit together. It’s not like Taiwan won’t be armed to the teeth by the end of any such deal/plan.
That’s how I’m reading it. 
Sounds like at that point he’ll stand back and let China invade to me.
Let’s not forget that VR has a libertarian background, and just as important, most Republicans support a libertarian approach to foreign policy issues, such as being against more support for Ukraine.
From the article:
Ramaswamy frequently enjoyed the crowd’s support, and some of his most popular remarks were grounded in libertarian notions. On foreign policy, in particular, Ramaswamy distinguished himself from every other candidate on the stage—with the possible exception of DeSantis, who hit many of the same notes—by refusing to cosign the neoconservatism of his rivals.
“The only war that I will declare as president is the war on the federal administrative state,” he said.
Ramaswamy was adamant that he would not support additional military aid to Ukraine. This stance put him at odds with every other candidate save DeSantis, but it is increasingly popular with the GOP base. A recent CNN/SSR poll found that 71 percent of Republicans do not want Congress to authorize more funding, and 69 percent believe that the U.S. has already done enough.
Ramaswamy has also proposed cutting military assistance to Israel, a stance that earned Haley’s ire on the debate stage but is supported by many libertarian-adjacent political figures and tracks with Americans’ general disdain for foreign aid (though they tend to overestimate how much the government spends on it).
It’s pretty clear what he’s said. He’s said it multiple times.
https://twitter.com/DNCWarRoom/status/1692640510895415675
https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/15unage/new_republican_candidate_would_let_china_invade/
Republicans have also been consistent in their strong support for Taiwan over the years.
I’m not - I really struggle to see how else you can interpret it. What you posted backs up my point. Hey says he’s prepared to defend Taiwan, but only up until US has semi-conductor independence, which he’d prioritise to get as fast as possible.
You’re assuming Taiwan will be armed to the teeth by that time. Regardless of whether or not that becomes the fact, VR won’t defend Taiwan once the US has semiconductor independence.
Maybe this seems naive, but Taiwan should be holding both to ransom if they so desperately want the technology. Once either side obtains TSMC’s magic sauce, Taiwan’s industry will be dumped into obscurity.
From the interview above: “Xi will not go for Taiwan before the end of my first term.”
Having just been deposed, twice, over the last year, I’m going to say , no, this is what he said. That is what you heard. Words matters.
Furthermore, VR also says that by that point in fantasy time when he is POTUS, the US’s alignment with Japan, India, pulling Russia away from China- that will be the set up , and that line up doesn’t suggest to me that China will say Wutwut, Yankees gone home, let’s go get some Taiwan!
Either way, the US can barely build a bridge in four years, much less get chip independent. 