At a campaign speech in an American Legion hall in New Hampshire last week, Nikki Haley animatedly warned the U.S. must prepare for a war with China.

 

Haley, the former ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump, rattled off the size of the Chinese navy, warned of China's advances in artificial intelligence and hypersonic missiles, and worried about the development of "neurostrike" weapons that can scramble the brains of military commanders in the field.

 

China has been preparing for war with the U.S. for years, Haley told the crowd of about 100 people gathered on an icy night in Rochester. It needed to be treated like an "enemy," not a "competitor," and the U.S. was not ready, she said.