President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Monday separately approved entrepreneur Vivek RamasWamy In Ohio’s Gubernatorial Race.
RamasWamy, who ran against Trump in the Gop Presidential Primary 2024, announced his candidacy Earlier on Monday to replace term limited Republican government Mike Dewine in the 2026 elections.
Trump announced his approval in a position to his social media platform Truth Social.
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Vivek Ramaswamy speaks before President Donald Trump comes in the campaign -Rally in Madison Square Garden on 27 October 2024 in New York City. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty images)
“Vivek Ramaswamy runs for the Governor of the Great State Ohio. I know him well, competed against him and he is something special,” Trump wrote.
“He is young, strong and smart! Vivek is also a very good person who really loves our country,” he continued. “He will be a great governor of Ohio, will never disappoint you and has my full and total approval!”
Musk, a senior adviser to Trump, also offered RamasWamy his approval a short time later.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
“Good luck, you have my full approval!” Musk responded to Ramaswamy in a post on X.
Ramaswamy formally declared his candidacy during a meeting on Monday in his hometown Cincinnati.
“I will lead Ohio to the state of excellence in America,” Ramaswamy told the crowd.
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. (Getty Images)
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“Do you think that sounds unrealistic? It is not,” he said. “In fact, it wasn’t long ago that Ohio was standing. Nowadays young people make something from the end on the internet by saying:” That’s so Ohio. “But less than a century ago, people didn’t make it ridiculous of Ohio, they wanted to be Ohio.”
RamasWamy, 39, stopped the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination of 2024 endorse Trump And become a surrogate for the current president.
