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Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has teased a doable position in Donald Trump’s future cupboard, saying that he has a “couple great options” earlier than him.
The biotech CEO appeared on ABC’s This Week on Sunday the place he was requested by Jonathan Karl whether or not he shall be a part of a second Trump administration, one which the Trump transition workforce is considered crafting round political appointees who worth loyalty to Trump above all else.
Ramaswamy was evasive about what actual position he would possibly play however confirmed he was having “high-impact discussions” about his path ahead.
“There’s a couple great options on the table,” Ramaswamy mentioned, as Karl talked about each the soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat in Ohio, at present occupied by Vice President-elect JD Vance, in addition to the place of Homeland Safety director.
“I want to have the biggest possible impact on this country,” he added.
The 2 choices hinted at by Karl are largely considered the 2 prizes Ramaswamy is more than likely to hunt. He remained largely deferential to Trump throughout his presidential run, and had been clearly angling for an alliance with the previous president for the reason that Iowa caucus ends in January made it clear the previous president was going to bulldoze his solution to the nomination.
Ramaswamy, in his personal marketing campaign, concentrated sources on Iowa in a bid to make a shock early exhibiting, one that will generate a snowballing of help. It by no means materialized.
Former presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy was evasive about his future plans on ABC’s This Week (The Impartial)
As director of the Division of Homeland Safety, Ramaswamy could be in command of finishing up and crafting the specifics of Trump’s immigration coverage. The previous president pledged over the summer time to launch America’s first mass deportation program of the fashionable period, with the intent of eradicating a million immigrants residing within the US illegally if re-elected.
In Ohio, in the meantime, Ramaswamy has presumably a extra direct route at constructing his personal political star. His house state has trended more and more pink in latest election cycles, largely as a consequence of Democrats on the DNC and elsewhere in Washington writing off the state as a misplaced trigger in presidential races. The occasion has now additionally misplaced two Senate races in Ohio in as many election cycles.
With Vance’s election to the vice presidency, his seat in Ohio will turn into vacant in January and the state’s Republican governor will fill it with an appointment. A particular election will then be known as in 2026 to find out who will end out Vance’s time period.
As a senator, Ramaswamy might carve out his personal political model within the Senate freed from the burden introduced by the prospect of changing into the face of Trump’s immigration and border management insurance policies — amongst different duties — for the following however-many years. However it could, in return, require Ramaswamy to rebuild his fundraising equipment to the purpose the place he might defeat a Democratic candidate in 2026, although it’s questionable how aggressive that race would even be.
One of many Republican Get together’s few actually younger nationwide figures, Ramaswamy is ready up higher than most to construct his model over the following 4 years.
Having by no means actually emerged as a rival to the president-elect in a means that Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis did throughout the major, Ramaswamy might very effectively find yourself within the highlight earlier than lengthy.
