China strongest, most disciplined enemy US ever confronted, says Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley

Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley stated that China is the strongest and most disciplined enemy America has ever confronted and the nation ought to maintain China accountable for Covid and for sending fentanyl throughout the US.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 4, 2023 12:24 IST

File photograph of GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley (Reuters Photo)

By India Today World Desk: Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley on Friday termed the ruling Democratic Party a ‘socialist’ celebration and stated that “Communist China” is the strongest and essentially the most disciplined enemy that the United States has ever confronted.

While addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference — the highest annual occasion of the Republican Party and its help base — Indian American Haley targeted on America’s overseas coverage, whereby she asserted that the US shouldn’t give support to nations that hate it.

Referring to a current spy balloon incident, Nikki Haley termed it a “national embarrassment” and stated, “Never in my life did I think Americans would look at the sky and see a Chinese spy balloon looking back at us. It was a national embarrassment,” she stated.

“Make no mistake, Communist China is the strongest and most disciplined enemy we have ever faced. We need to hold China accountable. Let us start with Covid. And before we even talk about the cartels, we need to confront the fact that China is the one sending the fentanyl across our border,” Haley was quoted by information company PTI as saying.

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Haley, the previous US ambassador to the United Nations, introduced her presidential run on February 14. She could be preventing in opposition to her former boss and former president Donald Trump and is the one girl within the 2024 presidential race to this point.

“I cannot believe what Joe Biden is letting China get away with. Chinese companies now own more than 380,000 acres of American soil, some of it right next to our military bases. What are we doing? We should never let an enemy buy land in our country. And we need to tell every university — you can either take Chinese money or American money, but you will no longer get both,” Haley stated, articulating her coverage on China.

Hayley stated that China thinks the American period has handed and so do all of the enemies of the US, however they’re incorrect. “America is not past our prime. It is just that our politicians are past theirs,” she was quoted by PTI as saying.

In her speech, Haley was very essential of the ruling Democratic Party, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

She stated she was operating for president to cease America’s downward spiral towards socialism and finish the self-loathing that has taken over the nation. “I am running for president to renew an America that is strong and proud, not weak and woke,” she stated.

Criticising the ruling celebration and President, Haley stated Biden and the Democrats are giving Americans oppression, poverty and lawlessness. She additionally asserted that she had entered the race for the White House to overturn this.

Haley urged her fellow Republicans to vote for the youthful technology. “If you are tired of losing, then put your trust in a new generation. And if you want to win — not just as a party, but as a country — then stand with me,” she stated.

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Mar 4, 2023