Musk calls Indian-American Ramaswamy as 'promising candidate' for US prez polls

Elon Musk on Thursday praised IndianAmerican lawmaker Vivek Ramaswamy who is set to contest against Donald Trump in Republican primaries for presidential polls calling him a very promising candidate He is a very promising candidate Elon Musk said on X formerly Twitter while referring to Ramaswamys interview with popular journalist Tucker CarlsonHe is a very promising candidate httpstcobEQU8L21ndmdash Elon Musk elonmusk August 17 2023Meanwhile Ramswamy has been quite straightforward with his agenda for the poll campaign He has called China the biggest threat that the US faces and said that he would go for total decoupling with Beijing if he comes to power The Republican leader has also said that he would aim to completely reenter the trade in the Pacific and enter trade relationships with countries like India Japan and South KoreaEarlier in an interview with Fox News Ramaswamy said Xi Jinping is the dictator and China is the top threat that the United States faces I think I am the clearest candidate in declaring a clear path in declaring economic independence from China That would be the first step in our policy He further said that he would go for a total decoupling with China and ban most of the US companies from doing business in BeijingI would go for total decoupling I would ban most US companies from doing business with China unless and until the CCP reforms its behaviouracirciquestbrvbarI think there would be shortterm consequences but I think we can make sacrifices if we know what we are sacrificing for I also think that when you are most willing to make a sacrifice you actually do not have to make one at all Ramaswamy saidThe 37yearold lawmaker was born on August 9 1985 and raised in Cincinnati Ohio His parents migrated to the US from Kerala He is the third IndianAmerican along with Nikki Haley and Hirsh Vardhan Singh who will be up against former President Donald Trump in the primaries in January next year He attended Harvard University for his undergrad and later got a law degree from Yale UniversityRamaswamy is the author of Woke Inc Inside Corporate Americas Social Justice Scam and has been dubbed the CEO of AntiWoke Inc by The New Yorker A secondgeneration Indian American Ramaswamy founded Roivant Sciences in 2014 and led the largest biotech IPOs of 2015 and 2016 eventually culminating in successful clinical trials in multiple disease areas that led to FDAapproved products according to his bioHe has founded other successful healthcare and technology companies and in 2022 he launched Strive Asset Management a new firm focused on restoring the voices of everyday citizens in the American economy by leading companies to focus on excellence over politics Ramaswamy is married to Apoorva Tewari Ramaswamy an Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever