Genius entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital that he will announce whether or not he is entering the 2024 Presidential race on the Republican side at the end of February. Naturally, we are skeptical of his chances. Mr. Ramaswamy has never run for elective office. Eight years ago, that might have been a larger problem, but President Donald Trump broke the logjam that had existed since President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Nicki Haley seems to be running for the Vice Presidential slot. Maybe for DeSantis if he gets in. Ron DeSantis has been a good governor for Florida, but a good governor does not a successful President make (Jimmy Carter and Jeb Bush). Mike Pompeo, Mike Pence and Tim Scott are all actively thinking of taking the plunge. Let’s take a look at Mr. Ramaswamey’s pros and cons.

The child of legal Indian immigrants, the biggest problem with Vivek Ramaswamy is his age. He is 37. Way too young. There is a sweet spot between 50 and 80 years of age. There are some 80 years olds full of vim and vigor, unlike Creeky Joe Biden. Although he is only 37, he is not running for president for the money, unlike some (Obama). According to Fox News:

If Ramaswamy enters the race, he may stand out as one of the youngest and richest candidates in the entire GOP field. In 2016, Forbes reported his net worth was at a whopping $600 million, which is likely leaps and bounds ahead of most Republican presidential contenders except for former President Trump, who Forbes reported has a net worth of $3.2 billion as of 2022.

He won’t be grifting while in office.

Vivek Ramaswamy was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio at St. Xavier High School close to my grandparents’ house. After high school, he graduated from Harvard with a degree in Biology and Yale Law with a J.D.. One of the issues close to my heart is ESG. From the Fox article:

An issue that the “Woke, Inc.” author has long sounded the alarm on but that is unfamiliar to the broader public is ESG, which stands for Environmental, Social and Governance, a corporate movement he says is ultimately doing harm to consumers and business owners by prioritizing social justice and the green agenda. If he hits the campaign trail, he said he’ll have to explain to voters how “their own money is being used against them” with the implementation of various woke policies.
“I think there’s two things you don’t mess with of an American. You don’t mess with my kids and you don’t mess with my money,” the multi-millionaire investor told Fox News Digital.
In 2022, Ramaswamy took matters into his own hands by founding the asset management firm Strive, which aims to be an alternative to what he calls the “woke” investment giant BlackRock, a major force in the ESG movement.

Amen. Some of the savviest investors I have met have no idea what ESG means. But, y’all have heard of Norfolk Southern, right?

Norfolk Southern are devout believers in ESG (Environmental Social Governance), a scam program advanced by the World Economic Forum. Which means they very much care about giving LIP SERVICE to the environment & community. Some highlights from their ESG report. They’re… https://t.co/OtRk8XAqRO pic.twitter.com/ZowWThtUfM

— Brett Craig (@bac37) February 18, 2023

The next meltdown that happens, whether it’s like FTX or Norfolk Southern, you can bet on one thing being true: their ESG score is going to be pretty darn good. Amazing how that happens every time.

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) February 18, 2023

National Identity is big for Ramaswamy and he is right to pay attention. As we are divided by tribes and clans, we lose the thread of our National Identity:

Ramaswamy, who told Fox News Digital in an interview that he’ll make his decision whether to run for president before the end of February, says his vision is about restoring the “national identity in America,” decrying the “vacuum” in younger generations who fill the void with “the poison of wokeism, and climatism, and transgenderism, and COVIDism for that matter.”
“Yes, I’ve accomplished things but so has everyone else who would be running in this race too. I think I am running on a vision that I believe I can articulate what it means to be an American in 2023,” Ramaswamy said.

Articulating the vision has been a problem for Republicans. We tend to tiptoe around things. I think Vivek Ramaswamy could articulate what Nikki Haley and Mike Pence are afraid too.

I am fond of Vivek’s Foreign Policy positions too, especially in the middle of the Biden dumpster fire of a catastrophe:

The first is the economic “decoupling” of China, urging for Churchill-style action against the CCP while “protecting Taiwan vigorously.”
The second is the ongoing fentanyl epidemic coming from the southern border, pointing at the unholy alliance between China as the supplier and its distributors within the Mexican drug cartels, who he considers “terrorists” based on the death toll and the impact on homelessness in the U.S. He said building the wall is part of the solution but “it’s not enough.”

What should be done? “Unapologetically decimate the cartels.”
“Go Mohammed Atta, bin Laden-style, Soleimani-style airstrikes, special forces, you name it. We’re taking them out,” Ramaswamy said. “I think it’s got to be a shock and awe strategy so that they don’t have a cycle of adaptation. Again, not something you’re supposed to say in polite company.”

If Vivek Ramaswamy should become the 2024 Presidential Candidate, I would enthusiastically vote for him. Would love to know your thoughts.

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