Trump is open to Vivek Ramaswamy being
his VP pick: Ex-president calls entrepreneur,
38, 'smart' and 'full of talent' - but
warns he's 'getting a little bit controversial'
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Morgan Phillips
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
8/30/2023 10:14:28 AM
Former President Donald Trump is a fan of Vivek Ramaswamy, and thinks the 38-year-old could be a 'very good' VP pick if he dials it back with the controversial remarks.
An unknown name only months ago, the entrepreneur and 'Anti-Woke' author has risen to fame as the youthful and boisterous anti-establishment candidate in the GOP primary.
'He's a very, very, very intelligent person. He's got good energy, and he could be some form of something,' Trump toldGlenn Beck of a potential 'Vice President Ramaswamy' on his BlazeTV show. 'I tell you, I think he'd be very good.'
Still, the former president warned Ramaswamy
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Condor44 8/30/2023 10:32:25 AM (No. 1545804)
The establishment will not let Trump to become President. They will lie, cheat, and steal to bring him down. FJB (and the horse he rode in on).
21 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Skinnydip 8/30/2023 11:05:44 AM (No. 1545825)
Right now, I’d prefer Tim Scott.
9 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
MissNan 8/30/2023 11:26:43 AM (No. 1545851)
No. I don’t trust the guy.
30 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
bpl40 8/30/2023 11:27:16 AM (No. 1545852)
The best choice right now seems Kari Lake. Ramaswamy is a smart entrepreneur . Has yet to become a politician who will bring incrementality to a national ticket. Perhaps a cabinet post first. Not a single black person or a Low Information voter will be swayed by Tim Scott. He has time and opportunity to grow in the Senate. Things are going to get rough(er) . We need a brass knuckles street fighter like Kari.
28 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
3XALADY 8/30/2023 11:28:52 AM (No. 1545857)
I'm seeing things that make me think VR is being or has been groomed to be another Obama. He's not new to the scene.
28 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
TXknitter 8/30/2023 11:35:03 AM (No. 1545866)
Trump must have an unquestionable proven loyal MAGA VP like Kari Lake. Vivek and Scott bring nothing to truly help Trump except skin color.
We who do not trust VS are not wrong. He is smarmy and too full of himself for so young. Great pharma salesman/entrepreneur.
This time Trump must have a true partner VP not an adversary. I believe it’s essential.
I also am not worried Trump said this - he is actually saying it on purpose for strategic reasons.
24 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 8/30/2023 11:37:04 AM (No. 1545870)
Watch out for the insider saboteur, sir. Like last time. My bet is that Pence was providing intel to the NeverTrump folks all along.
28 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 8/30/2023 11:41:39 AM (No. 1545882)
People who smile that much - as they're talking - bug me.
16 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Toodles3956 8/30/2023 11:41:46 AM (No. 1545883)
If he does, lost my vote.
10 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 8/30/2023 12:32:31 PM (No. 1545942)
Tim Scott
He's young, and with only 1 term for Trump, Scott would likely be POTUS in 2028 and possibly 2032.
6 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 8/30/2023 12:42:17 PM (No. 1545955)
I’m with #9. If you praise Trump, you are his guy or gal. Vivek sucks up as much oxygen as Trump. I just read an old article in American Spectator where Trump was thinking about running for President and wanted Oprah for his Vice President.
6 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
OhioNick 8/30/2023 12:59:21 PM (No. 1545965)
I realize that we live in a post-constitutional world where many laws are no longer enforced, but Vivek Ramaswamy is a first generation U.S. citizen, also known as a Native Born Citizen, and is not eligible to be president. He is NOT a second generation U.S. citizen, also known as a Natural Born Citizen. The Founding Fathers included the requirement because they didn't want the president to have dual loyalties.
For more information, go read The Laws Of Nations by Emmerich De Vattel, which the Founding Fathers used when writing the U.S. Constitution. Since the U.S. Constitution does not come with a glossary, you have to look at the source material.
5 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
red1066 8/30/2023 1:08:24 PM (No. 1545976)
If I were Trump, I'd keep my preferences for VP and my pick for VP to myself as long as possible. No one needs to know until the very last minute. Vetting can take place without it being seen as an interview for VP by the media.
16 people like this.
The choice of Ramaramadingdong would be gimicky, way too gimicky. Chosen for his ethnicity and no elected-office experience, starting at the top, flash in the pan nobody heard of before .... nope!
Is this another trolling report out of Daily Mail?
8 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 8/30/2023 2:32:19 PM (No. 1546029)
Trump needs someone that won't work against him. That rules out all other candidates. At this point, not sure who he can pick.
4 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
EQKimball 8/30/2023 4:07:53 PM (No. 1546087)
Emerson College Poll, August 28, 2023: "A plurality of Republican Primary voters, 27%, think Ramaswamy won the debate, while 21% think DeSantis won, 12% think Pence won, and 11% think Haley won. Twenty-two percent of Republican Primary voters think no candidate won the debate." Why? As the late Justice Potter Stewart would put it, "I can't define charisma, but I know it when I see it." Watch his hands as he talks about a "new generation of Americans." JFK would be proud.
1 person likes this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
ZeldaFitzg 8/30/2023 4:36:50 PM (No. 1546112)
No, no, no. The man is not even a registered Republican. He has never even voted in a Republican primary. We are being hoodwinked by this man in so many ways.
8 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
commonsence 8/30/2023 5:00:29 PM (No. 1546126)
I think some of these posts Verge on paranoia. The emotional reactions without any real thought behind them is unsettling. So far he has been the best candidate and outshined all the others at the debate. Does he need further vetting yes! Could he be a complete phony, possibly. The truth is we don't have enough information on him yet, why not evaluate him for a while before we make a number of accusations without proof. I'm open to him being a great candidate, and I'm also open to him being exposed as a total phony. I think I'll wait for real information though.
0 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/30/2023 7:04:32 PM (No. 1546178)
What the headline writer wrote doesn’t bother me. I not thrilled with the way he made his “billions”. He is barely more involved in the phama busiiness than I am. He is a moneymaker. For himself. His company Roivant? The ROI stands for “return on investment".
I don’t like him for president or president in waiting aka VP. He is smart enough to parrot all the sure winner campaign material, but has no track record whatsoever.
As for the snark about paranoia, "Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you”…
We can do much better.
6 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
linkay6 8/30/2023 7:24:41 PM (No. 1546191)
At first I thought I liked Ramaswamy, but the more I've heard of and from him, I don't now. I think he's a Trojan horse.
4 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
anniebc 8/30/2023 7:49:40 PM (No. 1546214)
Tim Scott? He's nothing but a Lindsey clone. He cannot be trusted. Don't fall for it.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/30/2023 8:18:59 PM (No. 1546238)
On Tim Scott, I have to quote what my Grandmother would occasionally say about a prrospective business associate when Grandpa would bring him to lunch (in those days it was done elegantly at home, not in restaurants) “….There’s just something about him…” She’d be right.
3 people like this.
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