Vivek Ramaswamy

And I think this process has been corrupted by what Dwight Eisenhower famously in his farewell address called the military-industrial complex in the United States. But I think it's it's bigger than just the you know, I think it's easy to tell the tales of the financial corruption.

And I think this process has been corrupted by what Dwight Eisenhower famously in his farewell address called the military-industrial complex in the United States. But I think it's it's bigger than just the you know, I think it's easy to tell the tales of the financial corruption.

It's a kind of cultural corruption and conceit that just because certain number of people in that expert class have a belief that their belief happens to be the right one because they can scare you with what the consequence would be if you don't follow their advice. One of the beauties of the United States is, at least in principle, we have civilian control of the military.

It's a kind of cultural corruption and conceit that just because certain number of people in that expert class have a belief that their belief happens to be the right one because they can scare you with what the consequence would be if you don't follow their advice. One of the beauties of the United States is, at least in principle, we have civilian control of the military.

It's a kind of cultural corruption and conceit that just because certain number of people in that expert class have a belief that their belief happens to be the right one because they can scare you with what the consequence would be if you don't follow their advice. One of the beauties of the United States is, at least in principle, we have civilian control of the military.

The person who we elect to be the U.S. president is the one that actually is the true commander in chief. I have my doubts of whether it operates that way. I think it is quite obvious that Joe Biden is not a functioning commander in chief of the United States of America. Yet on paper, supposedly, we still are supposed to call him that.

The person who we elect to be the U.S. president is the one that actually is the true commander in chief. I have my doubts of whether it operates that way. I think it is quite obvious that Joe Biden is not a functioning commander in chief of the United States of America. Yet on paper, supposedly, we still are supposed to call him that.

The person who we elect to be the U.S. president is the one that actually is the true commander in chief. I have my doubts of whether it operates that way. I think it is quite obvious that Joe Biden is not a functioning commander in chief of the United States of America. Yet on paper, supposedly, we still are supposed to call him that.

But at least in theory, we're supposed to have civilian control of the U.S. military and And I think that one of the things that that leader needs to do is to ask the question of, again, the mission. What's the purpose of this U.S. military in the first place? At the top of the list should be to protect the homeland and the people who actually live here, which we're failing to do.

But at least in theory, we're supposed to have civilian control of the U.S. military and And I think that one of the things that that leader needs to do is to ask the question of, again, the mission. What's the purpose of this U.S. military in the first place? At the top of the list should be to protect the homeland and the people who actually live here, which we're failing to do.

But at least in theory, we're supposed to have civilian control of the U.S. military and And I think that one of the things that that leader needs to do is to ask the question of, again, the mission. What's the purpose of this U.S. military in the first place? At the top of the list should be to protect the homeland and the people who actually live here, which we're failing to do.

So that's where I land on that question.

So that's where I land on that question.

So that's where I land on that question.

It's a good question. I would say in his case, it's particularly accentuated because it's both. In his case, I don't think anybody in America anymore believes that Joe Biden is the functioning president of the United States of America. How could he be? He wasn't even sufficiently functioning to be the candidate after a debate that was held in June.

It's a good question. I would say in his case, it's particularly accentuated because it's both. In his case, I don't think anybody in America anymore believes that Joe Biden is the functioning president of the United States of America. How could he be? He wasn't even sufficiently functioning to be the candidate after a debate that was held in June.

It's a good question. I would say in his case, it's particularly accentuated because it's both. In his case, I don't think anybody in America anymore believes that Joe Biden is the functioning president of the United States of America. How could he be? He wasn't even sufficiently functioning to be the candidate after a debate that was held in June.

There's no way he's going to be in a position to make the most important decisions on a daily and demanding basis to protect the leading nation in the world. Now, More generally, though, I think we have a deeper problem that even when it's not Joe Biden, in general, the people we elect to run the government haven't really been the ones running the government.

There's no way he's going to be in a position to make the most important decisions on a daily and demanding basis to protect the leading nation in the world. Now, More generally, though, I think we have a deeper problem that even when it's not Joe Biden, in general, the people we elect to run the government haven't really been the ones running the government.

There's no way he's going to be in a position to make the most important decisions on a daily and demanding basis to protect the leading nation in the world. Now, More generally, though, I think we have a deeper problem that even when it's not Joe Biden, in general, the people we elect to run the government haven't really been the ones running the government.