- Multiple 2024 GOP presidential hopefuls provided their plans to the Daily Caller News Foundation to bolster the U.S. Navy if elected after the third Republican primary debate moderators pressed them on the issue.
- The candidates addressed how they’d overcome weaknesses in the recruitment process and the industrial base, as well as their plans for overall naval strategy.
- “Many of the ships China builds are smaller and cheaper. The U.S. Navy, too, should be thinking about smaller, cheaper, more lethal ships,” conservative businessman Vivek Ramaswamy told the DCNF.
Several 2024 Republican primary candidates laid out their plans to strengthen and increase the size of the U.S. Navy if president in statements to the Daily Caller News Foundation after the third GOP debate moderators pressed contenders on the topic.
Some Republican candidates have criticized President Joe Biden for…
