![Vivek Ramaswamy wants Elon Musk to be his presidential adviser Vivek Ramaswamy wants Elon Musk to be his presidential adviser](https://i0.wp.com/content.fortune.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1619655553-e1693079701525.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1)
Elon Musk called Republican presidential nominee Vivek Ramaswamy “a very promising candidate” earlier this month. On Friday, Ramaswamy proposed Musk as a potential White House adviser — that is, if he pulls the plug and wins the election.
Of course, Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old tech entrepreneur, remains a remote contender, but on Wednesday he overshadowed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others in the opening session of the Republican presidential primary debate. competitors. Former President Donald Trump was not on stage. skip the debateciting his lead in the polls.
At a town hall in Iowa on Friday, a voter asked Ramaswamy who he would turn to for guidance if he became president of the United States. This appears to be a particularly relevant question for Ramaswamy, given his age and the fact that he has never held elected office.
‘This is not the time for on-the-job training,’ says ex-Vice President Mike Pence said Ramaswamy at the debate. “We don’t need to bring in rookies. We don’t need to bring in people with no experience.”
But in response to that question on Friday, Ramaswamy replied that he wanted to bring in someone with a “blank fresh impression”.then he Appoint Tesla CEO’ said, “Lately I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Elon Musk better, and I hope he’ll be an interesting advisor to me as he fires 75% of Twitter’s staff.” And then the efficiency actually increases. “
In an interview with Fox News earlier this month, Ramaswamy said that what Musk is doing with Twitter “is a great example of what I want to do with the administrative state … take away 75% of your own weight.” cost, improving the actual user experience” what it should do. “
When Musk took over Twitter last October, he dramatically reshaped the service, slashing jobs and alienating advertisers. He renamed the service “X” a month ago.
Ramaswamy also referred to Musk in a February tweet, “Just like @elonmusk did on Twitter, as President, I will release the federal government’s ‘state action papers’ – exposing the federal government’s Every example of corporate pressure to take actions that are constitutionally prohibited. Turn the log over and see what crawls out. It won’t be pretty.”
Musk commented on an Aug. 17 tweet by Ramaswamy in which the candidate lists some of his viewsin which “There are two genders”, “Reverse racism is racism”, “The nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to man”.
musk replied, “He clearly expressed his beliefs.” Earlier this month, while calling Ramaswamy a “very promising candidate,” Musk also shared a Tucker Carlson interview with the candidate. people video. After parting ways with Fox News earlier this year, Carlson relaunched his show on Musk’s platform.
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