Posted on 08/27/2023 7:21:11 PM PDT by Jyotishi
(Washington/London): Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-American 2024 US presidential aspirant, has hinted that he may run on a joint ticket with former president Donald Trump as his running mate if he does not win the Republican nomination, according to a media report.
The remarks by Ramaswamy came days after the 38-year-old multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur-turned-politician said he was “not interested” in any job other than president.
Ramaswamy said he believed he could only “reunite this country” as president, but did not rule out running with 77-year-old Trump as vice president if the former president and frontrunner wins the nomination for a third time.
Asked on Britain’s GB News whether he would be “happy to be (Trump’s) VP”, Ramaswamy replied: “See, this isn’t about me. If this were about me, sure. That’s a fine position for someone to have at my age.
“This is about reviving our country and I can only reunite this country if I’m doing it from the White House as the leader and the face of our movement.”
He added that he had “fresh legs” and was “almost half [Trump’s] age”, but would ask him to serve as “my most valued adviser” in the White House.
Rumours of a joint ticket between the two men in the 2024 race were fanned by the Trump campaign’s praise for Ramaswamy after the first Republican primary debate on Wednesday, in which he emerged as a breakout star.
A self-declared “outsider” who has no experience as an elected official has pledged to pardon Trump for any federal convictions on “day one” of his presidency and continue his legacy in the White House with an “America First 2.0” agenda, The Telegraph newspaper said. In previous interviews, Ramaswamy had denied becoming the former president’s running mate, insisting that he could only change the country if he won the top job.
“I’m not interested in a different position in the government. Frankly, I’d drive change through the private sector sooner than becoming number two or three in the federal government,” he told Fox News on Saturday.
His popularity rating and online fundraising have surged after his impressive performance at the first Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday.
The first poll that came out after the debate said that 28 per cent of the 504 respondents said Ramaswamy performed the best. He was followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with 27 per cent, and Pence (13 per cent). Indian-American Nikki Haley received the vote of seven per cent.
According to Fox News, Ramaswamy was the most Google-searched Republican candidate after the debate. He was followed by fellow Indian-American Haley.
Both the Indian-Americans were standing next to each other on the debate stage. Politico, a Washington metropolitan area-based politics-focused newspaper company, said that Ramaswamy, the brash and uber-wealthy entrepreneur, got under the skin of his rivals and praised Trump, calling him “the best president of the 21st century.”
- And/Or Minimum of four years as a Sheriff
He is a red-dot supporting the other red-dots.
Just NO.
I believe entropy12 has said he is Indian, and his attitude is evidence of the caste system, truly believing he’s above all others in every way.
I’ve had a couple of run-ins with high-caste Indian people during my career, and had to explain “how it works” in America. They try to import that caste crap (can’t help it; it’s ingrained). They especially don’t like to be laughed at by a lowly secretary who happens to have the authority to control who sees whom, and when. LOL!
Is he still registered democrat? Last I knew he was.
“But I should not bother with low IQ people who have not traveled much. Unlike me,”
Seriously snotty. How do you live with yourself?
Your first requirement eliminates a Reagan or a Trump.
You second requirement eliminates Trump.
Raising the age would be a good step.
Maybe we should make it necessary to have run a business,
not just participated in one. Maybe that’s what you
meant. Then there’s magic pants, and he had his own
business, but I don’t think the guy has clue one about
being president.
Maybe you see Trump as a failure, because he wasn’t a member
of the ruling class before he became president. To my way
of thinking, he wasn’t the failure. Mitch McConnell and
Paul Ryan were the failures, and they had plenty of public
service under their belt. They could have been a lot of
help to Trump, and they just stiffed him.
And they stiffed the nation and it’s citizens.
“He is culturally American which is,”
You don’t know that. You don’t know what’s in his heart. I suppose India has its own version of taqqiya.
I admire Trump but this isn't 2016. If Ramaswamy is our version of Obama, then he may be our guy. I am giving all candidates a look. Our goal is to recapture the a white House and kick the Bidens out.
No bias there.
In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Through a crystal?
Oh! Wait. (reads it again)
Never mind.
I see that you noticed the Democrat party's greatest achievements, poverty and slums.
Great attitude!
It’s a case of mistaken identity, Officer.
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