𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗠𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝗕𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣'𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗚 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 "𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗" 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦

Vivek Ramaswamy on The Quint

Just three or four days ago, Donald Trump made it clear he was not going to "cede the presidency" to Elon Musk, but stressed that Musk was doing a good job as head of the unauthorized Department of Government Efficiency.

It seemed odd at the time that Trump did not describe Musk as the "co-chair" of the so-called DOGE, an entity supposedly being run by Musk AND Vivek Ramaswamy, but Newsweek may have an explanation for that omission.

The weekly news magazine claims that Trump backers, and possibly Trump himself, have turned on Ramaswamy.

What got Ramaswamy in trouble with MAGA is when he said it was good idea to bring "highly skilled" workers from other countries, including his native India, via the H-1B program.

Ramaswamy gave this convoluted explanation on X: "The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over 'native' Americans isn't because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). . . . .   "A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we're really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH: Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn't start in college, it starts YOUNG."

He added: "A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers ... If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve."

Ramaswamy went on to say he hopes "our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness."

Nikki Haley on Smerconish.com

Among those objecting to Ramaswamy's words was former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley: "There is nothing wrong with American workers or American culture. All you have to do is look at the border and see how many want what we have. We should be investing and prioritizing in Americans, not foreign workers."

For sure, Ramaswamy's suggestion seems to go against Trump's racist, anti-immigrant policy, so we'll watch to see how long it takes for Trump to throw Vivek under the proverbial bus.