WASHINGTON: Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy has acknowledged that there were some “very small” differences between him and former US president Donald Trump but they were “deeply aligned” on policy issues, “90-plus per cent of the way” as the two fight it out for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 2024.
Speaking to Fox News on Friday about his policy differences with Trump, his fellow Republican rival in the race for the party’s nomination next year, Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur, said he and Trump were “the two Americafirst’ candidates” in the race.
“I think we have an opportunity to reunite this country around our shared ideals, and that will allow me to take the America First agenda even further than Trump did, by building on what I think is a very good foundation that he laid,” The Hill newspaper quoted Ramaswamy as saying on Fox News.
Trump, 77, has lavished praise on Ramaswamy, days after he caught the attention of the American media following his maiden Republican presidential primary debate on Aug 23.
Speaking to Fox News on Friday about his policy differences with Trump, his fellow Republican rival in the race for the party’s nomination next year, Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur, said he and Trump were “the two Americafirst’ candidates” in the race.
“I think we have an opportunity to reunite this country around our shared ideals, and that will allow me to take the America First agenda even further than Trump did, by building on what I think is a very good foundation that he laid,” The Hill newspaper quoted Ramaswamy as saying on Fox News.
Trump, 77, has lavished praise on Ramaswamy, days after he caught the attention of the American media following his maiden Republican presidential primary debate on Aug 23.