>> RACHEL SCOTT IN IOWA, THANK YOU. YOU. JUST BACK FROM IOWA, JOINING US JUST BACK FROM IOWA, JOINING US NOW, IS THE YOUNGEST CANDIDATE NOW, IS THE YOUNGEST CANDIDATE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FIELD, IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FIELD, FORMER BIOTECH ENTREPRENEUR, FORMER BIOTECH ENTREPRENEUR, MULTIMILLIONAIRE, AND POLITICAL MULTIMILLIONAIRE, AND POLITICAL NEWCOMER, VIVEK RAMASWAMY. NEWCOMER, VIVEK RAMASWAMY. WELCOME TO "THIS WEEK." WELCOME TO "THIS WEEK." IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE RIGHT BACK FROM IOWA. RIGHT BACK FROM IOWA. YOU KNOW, IT'S EARLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S EARLY. WE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN THOSE WE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN THOSE POLLS. POLLS. WAY, WAY DOWN THERE. WAY, WAY DOWN THERE. THINGS CAN CHANGE, BUT YOU ARE THINGS CAN CHANGE, BUT YOU ARE UP AGAINST A FORMER PRESIDENT, UP AGAINST A FORMER PRESIDENT, WHO IS POLLING OVER 50%, A SLEW WHO IS POLLING OVER 50%, A SLEW OF OTHER CANDIDATES. OF OTHER CANDIDATES. WHAT'S YOUR PATH TO THE WHAT'S YOUR PATH TO THE NOMINATION? NOMINATION? >> FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE ACTUALLY >> FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE ACTUALLY STUDIED THIS. STUDIED THIS. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MARTHA. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MARTHA. IN JUNE OF 2015, DONALD TRUMP IN JUNE OF 2015, DONALD TRUMP WAS POLLING IN 4%, IN EIGHTH WAS POLLING IN 4%, IN EIGHTH PLACE. PLACE. I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE'RE AHEAD OF I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE'RE AHEAD OF THAT. THAT. WE'LL TAKE THE SAME TRAJECTORY. WE'LL TAKE THE SAME TRAJECTORY. I'M THE OUTSIDER IN THIS RACE. I'M THE OUTSIDER IN THIS RACE. YOU GET TO BE AN OUTSIDER ONCE. YOU GET TO BE AN OUTSIDER ONCE. I'M THE FIRST MILLENNIAL EVER TO I'M THE FIRST MILLENNIAL EVER TO RUN FOR THE GOP NOMINATION FOR RUN FOR THE GOP NOMINATION FOR U.S. PRESIDENT. U.S. PRESIDENT. I'M ACTUALLY LEADING US TO I'M ACTUALLY LEADING US TO SOMETHING. SOMETHING. TOO LONG MANY OTHER TOO LONG MANY OTHER CONSERVATIVES HAVE BEEN RUNNING CONSERVATIVES HAVE BEEN RUNNING FROM SOMETHING, I'M RUNNING TO FROM SOMETHING, I'M RUNNING TO SOMETHING. SOMETHING. WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. I'M AN AMERICA FIRST I'M AN AMERICA FIRST CONSERVATIVE. CONSERVATIVE. BUT I BELIEVE THAT TO PUT BUT I BELIEVE THAT TO PUT AMERICA FIRST WE HAVE TO AMERICA FIRST WE HAVE TO REDISCOVER WHAT AMERICA IS. REDISCOVER WHAT AMERICA IS. I'M SEEING THE BASE ACROSS THIS I'M SEEING THE BASE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY HUNGRY FOR THAT MESSAGE. COUNTRY HUNGRY FOR THAT MESSAGE. THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO WIN. THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO WIN. >> SPEAKING OF THAT BASE, YOU >> SPEAKING OF THAT BASE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONVINCE HARD-CORE WOULD HAVE TO CONVINCE HARD-CORE TRUMP VOTERS TO COME OVER TO TRUMP VOTERS TO COME OVER TO YOU. YOU. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW DO YOU WALK THAT FINE LINE? HOW DO YOU WALK THAT FINE LINE? >> I'M VERY CLEAR WITH >> I'M VERY CLEAR WITH AUDIENCES. AUDIENCES. I SAID TO AUDIENCES IN IOWA JUST I SAID TO AUDIENCES IN IOWA JUST THIS LAST WEEK, AMERICA FIRST THIS LAST WEEK, AMERICA FIRST DOES NOT BELONG TO TRUMP. DOES NOT BELONG TO TRUMP. IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ME. IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ME. IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. COUNTRY. I THINK WE TAKE THAT AGENDA EVEN I THINK WE TAKE THAT AGENDA EVEN FURTHER IF WE'RE DOING IT BASED FURTHER IF WE'RE DOING IT BASED ON FIRST PRINCIPLES AND MORAL ON FIRST PRINCIPLES AND MORAL AUTHORITY AS REAGAN DID RATHER AUTHORITY AS REAGAN DID RATHER THAN ON VENGEANCE AND GRIEVANCE. THAN ON VENGEANCE AND GRIEVANCE. THAT'S WHAT I'M BRINGING TO THIS THAT'S WHAT I'M BRINGING TO THIS RACE. RACE. >> THE RNC ANNOUNCED THE >> THE RNC ANNOUNCED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRST REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRST DEBATE, WHICH WILL BE DEBATE, WHICH WILL BE AUGUST 23rd. AUGUST 23rd. ONE IS TO PLEDGE SUPPORT TO THE ONE IS TO PLEDGE SUPPORT TO THE EVENTUAL NOMINEE. EVENTUAL NOMINEE. YOU HAVE HAD SAID YOU WOULD YOU HAVE HAD SAID YOU WOULD SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP IF HE IS SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP IF HE IS THE NOMINEE. THE NOMINEE. >> I EXPECT TO BE THE NOMINEE. >> I EXPECT TO BE THE NOMINEE. I EXPECT SUPPORT IN RETURN. I EXPECT SUPPORT IN RETURN. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. BUT YOU HAVE SAID YOU WOULD BUT YOU HAVE SAID YOU WOULD SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP. SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP. DONALD TRUMP FALSELY SAYS THE DONALD TRUMP FALSELY SAYS THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, FACING ELECTION WAS STOLEN, FACING POSSIBLE INDICTMENTS IN THREE POSSIBLE INDICTMENTS IN THREE DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS, AND DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS, AND ALREADY FOUND LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ALREADY FOUND LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. ASSAULT. DO YOU THINK TRUMP AS PRESIDENT DO YOU THINK TRUMP AS PRESIDENT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE GOP AND WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE GOP AND GOOD FOR THE-RUN? GOOD FOR THE-RUN? GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY? GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY? >> I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT >> I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE I'M BEST SUITED FOR THIS BECAUSE I'M BEST SUITED FOR THIS COUNTRY TO A NATIONAL REVIVAL. COUNTRY TO A NATIONAL REVIVAL. >> I KNOW YOU THINK THAT, BUT >> I KNOW YOU THINK THAT, BUT YOU SAID YOU WOULD SUPPORT YOU SAID YOU WOULD SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP. DONALD TRUMP. ANSWER THAT QUESTION. ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> I SAID TO GET ON THE >> I SAID TO GET ON THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE STAGE I'D REPUBLICAN DEBATE STAGE I'D SUPPORT THE GOP NOMINEE. SUPPORT THE GOP NOMINEE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH YOU, A I WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH YOU, A LOT OF THOSE INVESTIGATIONS LOT OF THOSE INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP HAVE BEEN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP HAVE BEEN POLITICIZED, THE NEW YORK ONE IN POLITICIZED, THE NEW YORK ONE IN PARTICULAR, BUT EVEN MORE PARTICULAR, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'S UP TO THE IMPORTANTLY IT'S UP TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY TO DECIDE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY TO DECIDE WHO GOVERNS. WHO GOVERNS. THAT'S THE CONSTITUTIONAL THAT'S THE CONSTITUTIONAL BARGAIN. BARGAIN. I VIEW IT AS MY RESPONSIBILITY. I VIEW IT AS MY RESPONSIBILITY. IF I'M TO WIN THIS RACE, IT'S BY IF I'M TO WIN THIS RACE, IT'S BY CONVINCING AMERICANS THAT I'M CONVINCING AMERICANS THAT I'M ACTUALLY THE BEST PERSON TO LEAD ACTUALLY THE BEST PERSON TO LEAD THE COUNTRY, NOT BY ELIMINATING THE COUNTRY, NOT BY ELIMINATING THE COMPETITION. THE COMPETITION. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT UKRAINE. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT UKRAINE. YOU SAID IN A SPEECH IN NEW YOU SAID IN A SPEECH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ON FRIDAY THAT YOU HAMPSHIRE ON FRIDAY THAT YOU WOULD NOT SPEND ANOTHER DIME OF WOULD NOT SPEND ANOTHER DIME OF AMERICAN MONEY ON A WAR THAT AMERICAN MONEY ON A WAR THAT DOES NOT AFFECT OUR INTERESTS. DOES NOT AFFECT OUR INTERESTS. YOU DON'T THINK THE POSSIBILITY YOU DON'T THINK THE POSSIBILITY OF RUSSIA TAKING OVER UKRAINE IS OF RUSSIA TAKING OVER UKRAINE IS IN OUR INTEREST? IN OUR INTEREST? >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S A TOP >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S A TOP FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY. FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY. I DID IDENTIFY A TOP PRIORITY -- I DID IDENTIFY A TOP PRIORITY -- >> I WANT TO STICK TO THIS FOR A >> I WANT TO STICK TO THIS FOR A MINUTE. MINUTE. >> SURE. >> SURE. >> YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT >> YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA TAKING OVER UKRAINE WOULD RUSSIA TAKING OVER UKRAINE WOULD BE BAD FOR OUR NATIONAL BE BAD FOR OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS? INTERESTS? >> I DO NOT THINK IT IS A TOP >> I DO NOT THINK IT IS A TOP FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY FOR US. FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY FOR US. I DON'T THINK IT'S PREFERRABLE I DON'T THINK IT'S PREFERRABLE FOR RUSSIA TO INVADE A SOVEREIGN FOR RUSSIA TO INVADE A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY THAT'S ITS NEIGHBOR, BUT COUNTRY THAT'S ITS NEIGHBOR, BUT THE JOB OF THE U.S. PRESIDENT IS THE JOB OF THE U.S. PRESIDENT IS TO LOOK AFTER AMERICAN TO LOOK AFTER AMERICAN INTERESTS. INTERESTS. THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO THE THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO THE U.S. MILITARY RIGHT NOW, OUR TOP U.S. MILITARY RIGHT NOW, OUR TOP MILITARY THREAT, IS THE RUSSIAN MILITARY THREAT, IS THE RUSSIAN ALLIANCE, THE SINO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE, THE SINO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE. ALLIANCE. BY FURTHER ARMING UKRAINE, WE BY FURTHER ARMING UKRAINE, WE ARE DRIVING RUSSIA INTO CHINA'S ARE DRIVING RUSSIA INTO CHINA'S HANDS. HANDS. THAT ALLIANCE IS THE TOP THREAT THAT ALLIANCE IS THE TOP THREAT WE'VE FACED. WE'VE FACED. I WOULD END THIS WAR IN RETURN I WOULD END THIS WAR IN RETURN FOR PULLING PUTIN OUT OF THAT FOR PULLING PUTIN OUT OF THAT TREATY WITH CHINA. TREATY WITH CHINA. >> HOW DO YOU DO THIS? >> HOW DO YOU DO THIS? NO ONE TELLS VLADIMIR PUTIN WHAT NO ONE TELLS VLADIMIR PUTIN WHAT TO DO. TO DO. THAT HASN'T WORKED OUT. THAT HASN'T WORKED OUT. YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM THE DONBAS. YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM THE DONBAS. THAT'S REWARDING PUTIN, ISN'T THAT'S REWARDING PUTIN, ISN'T IT? IT? >> I DON'T TRUST PUTIN, BUT I DO >> I DON'T TRUST PUTIN, BUT I DO TRUST PUTIN TO FOLLOW HIS TRUST PUTIN TO FOLLOW HIS SELF-INTEREST. SELF-INTEREST. I DON'T THINK HE ENJOYS BEING I DON'T THINK HE ENJOYS BEING THE LITTLE BROTHER IN WITH THE THE LITTLE BROTHER IN WITH THE RELATIONSHIP WITH XI JINPING. RELATIONSHIP WITH XI JINPING. YES, WE WANT TO MAKE MAJOR YES, WE WANT TO MAKE MAJOR CONCESSIONS TO RUSSIA, INCLUDING CONCESSIONS TO RUSSIA, INCLUDING FREEZING THE CURRENT LINES OF FREEZING THE CURRENT LINES OF CONTROL IN A KOREAN WAR-STYLE -- CONTROL IN A KOREAN WAR-STYLE -- >> WHICH UKRAINE WOULDN'T WANT >> WHICH UKRAINE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO. TO DO. >> AND A PERMANENT COMMITMENT >> AND A PERMANENT COMMITMENT NOT TO ALLOW UKRAINE TO ENTER NOT TO ALLOW UKRAINE TO ENTER NATO, BUT IN RETURN RUSSIA HAS NATO, BUT IN RETURN RUSSIA HAS TO LEAVE ITS TREATY AND JOINT TO LEAVE ITS TREATY AND JOINT MILITARY AGREEMENT WITH CHINA, MILITARY AGREEMENT WITH CHINA, BETTER ADVANCING AMERICAN BETTER ADVANCING AMERICAN INTERESTS AND FURTHER DETERS INTERESTS AND FURTHER DETERS CHINA FROM GOING AFTER TAIWAN, CHINA FROM GOING AFTER TAIWAN, WHICH IS A MUCH HIGHER PRIORITY WHICH IS A MUCH HIGHER PRIORITY FOR THE UNITED STATES. FOR THE UNITED STATES. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS. YOU WANT TO BE COMMANDER IN YOU WANT TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. CHIEF. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE WHAT IS IN HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE WHAT IS IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO USE THE THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO USE THE U.S. MILITARY? U.S. MILITARY? WHAT WOULD THE CRITERIA BE? WHAT WOULD THE CRITERIA BE? >> WHAT AFFECTS THE LIVES OF >> WHAT AFFECTS THE LIVES OF AMERICANS HERE ON AMERICAN SOIL. AMERICANS HERE ON AMERICAN SOIL. WHERE ARE THEIR MILITARY WHERE ARE THEIR MILITARY THREATS? THREATS? THREATS TO LIFE HERE IN THE THREATS TO LIFE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES. I THINK THE BORDER CRISIS. I THINK THE BORDER CRISIS. 200 AMERICANS DYING PER DAY FROM 200 AMERICANS DYING PER DAY FROM THE FENTANYL CRISIS, 50 TIMES THE FENTANYL CRISIS, 50 TIMES THE NUMBER THAT DIED ON 9/11. THE NUMBER THAT DIED ON 9/11. THAT'S AN AMERICAN INTEREST. THAT'S AN AMERICAN INTEREST. THE SEMI CONDUCTOR INTEREST, THE SEMI CONDUCTOR INTEREST, THAT IS AN AMERICAN INTEREST. THAT IS AN AMERICAN INTEREST. I AGREE IN AMERICA FIRST I AGREE IN AMERICA FIRST PRINCIPLES, AS GEORGE WASHINGTON PRINCIPLES, AS GEORGE WASHINGTON DID, BY THE WAY, AVOIDING DID, BY THE WAY, AVOIDING FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS. FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS. WHEN UNNECESSARY, UNLESS THEY'RE WHEN UNNECESSARY, UNLESS THEY'RE ESSENTIAL FOR AMERICAN ESSENTIAL FOR AMERICAN INTERESTS. INTERESTS. I SHARE HIS VISION FIRST. I SHARE HIS VISION FIRST. >> CHINA HAS BEEN HARASSING OUR >> CHINA HAS BEEN HARASSING OUR SHIPS, OUR AIRCRAFT, THAT SHIP SHIPS, OUR AIRCRAFT, THAT SHIP 150 YARDS FROM A U.S. SHIP. 150 YARDS FROM A U.S. SHIP. WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY THAN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS THAN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING RIGHT NOW? DOING RIGHT NOW? >> FIRST ABANDON THE DIVEST TO >> FIRST ABANDON THE DIVEST TO INVEST PROGRAM. INVEST PROGRAM. THAT'S BEEN A MISTAKE. THAT'S BEEN A MISTAKE. DECOMMISSIONING SHIPS THAT DECOMMISSIONING SHIPS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE US HIT A NADER ACTUALLY HAVE US HIT A NADER AROUND 2027, PRECISELY WHEN XI AROUND 2027, PRECISELY WHEN XI JINPING COULD BE GOING AFTER JINPING COULD BE GOING AFTER TAIWAN. TAIWAN. CHINA'S BENT IS THEY'RE GOING TO CHINA'S BENT IS THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR TAIWAN, THE U.S. WON'T GO FOR TAIWAN, THE U.S. WON'T WANT TO BE IN SIMULTANEOUS WANT TO BE IN SIMULTANEOUS CONFLICT WITH TWO NUCLEAR CONFLICT WITH TWO NUCLEAR SUPERPOWERS AT THE SAME TIME. SUPERPOWERS AT THE SAME TIME. IF RUSSIA IS NO LONGER AT IF RUSSIA IS NO LONGER AT CHINA'S BACK, VICE VERSE IF RUSSIA IS NO LONGER AT CHINA'S BACK, VICE VE VICE VERS, IF RUSSIA IS NO LONGER AT CHINA'S BACK, VICE VE VICE VERSW IF RUSSIA IS NO LONGER AT CHINA'S BACK, VICE VE VICE VERS' IF RUSSIA IS NO LONGER AT CHINA'S BACK, VICE VE VICE VERSE CHINA'S BACK, VICE VE VICE VERSE IN A STRONGER POSITION. IN A STRONGER POSITION. NO OTHER CANDIDATE IN EITHER NO OTHER CANDIDATE IN EITHER PARTY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS. PARTY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS. I THINK THAT'S THE TOP THREAT WE I THINK THAT'S THE TOP THREAT WE FACE. FACE. THAT'S THE FOCUS OF MY FOREIGN THAT'S THE FOCUS OF MY FOREIGN POLICY. POLICY. >> I WANT A QUICK QUESTION IN >> I WANT A QUICK QUESTION IN THE END. THE END. YOU WERE INTRODUCED IN IOWA AS YOU WERE INTRODUCED IN IOWA AS THE INTELLECTUAL GODFATHER OF THE INTELLECTUAL GODFATHER OF THE ANTI-WOKE MOVEMENT. THE ANTI-WOKE MOVEMENT. WOULD YOU REINSTATE A BAN ON WOULD YOU REINSTATE A BAN ON TRANSGENDER IN THE MILITARY? TRANSGENDER IN THE MILITARY? >> NOT A BAN, BUT I WOULD BE >> NOT A BAN, BUT I WOULD BE CLEAR THAT FOR KIDS, THAT'S CLEAR THAT FOR KIDS, THAT'S WHERE MY POLICIES ARE FOCUSED. WHERE MY POLICIES ARE FOCUSED. WE SHOULD BE NOT HOISTING THIS WE SHOULD BE NOT HOISTING THIS IDEOLOGY ON TO CHILDREN. IDEOLOGY ON TO CHILDREN. >> BUT YOU WOULD NOT BAN >> BUT YOU WOULD NOT BAN TRANSGENDER MEMBERS OF THE TRANSGENDER MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY? MILITARY? >>