Vivek Ramaswamy News and Blog Posts

President-elect Trump selected venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan to help advise artificial intelligence policy in the Trump administration. The pick kicked off a debate over the holidays about immigration and H-1B visas, which Krishnan voiced support for in the past, and exposed a rift in Trump’s MAGA coalition.

The emerging split between two groups of Trump supporters – the grassroots MAGA loyalists and the less visible but more lucrative technology executives  – has already created a potentially damaging challenge for the new administration on one of their top policy priorities.

Because we’re in an increasingly hyper-partisan atmosphere, some may dismiss DOGE as an unserious effort. We should take it seriously. The deficits and debt that the United States is accumulating are among the most pressing domestic problems that we face as a nation.

Sources on the left were apprehensive about many of Trump’s appointments, noting the nominees' often hard-lined stances on immigration yet dismissive opinions on the January 6 Capitol riot. Sources on the right met the appointments with mixed opinions, with some praising the president's choices, and others wary of the controversial figures.

Trump did not secure the Republican nomination statistically on Monday night. But he took as large and as decisive a step in that direction as he could have realistically hoped before the caucuses began.