‘Everyone Wants Him Out’: GOP Strategist Says Trump World Wants Vivek Ramaswamy Gone From Mar-a-Lago and DC

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A Republican strategist told Politico on Monday that “everyone wants” Vivek Ramaswamy “out” of Mar-a-Lago and Washington, D.C., as the Trump surrogate announced his departure from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

It was announced on Monday that Ramaswamy would be leaving his position as co-head of the DOGE advisory commission and reportedly seeking to run as governor of Ohio instead.

“It was my honor to help support the creation of DOGE. I’m confident that Elon & team will succeed in streamlining government,” he said in a statement. “I’ll have more to say very soon about my future plans in Ohio. Most importantly, we’re all-in to help President Trump make America great again!”

According to reports, however, Ramaswamy was pushed out after Elon Musk and others soured on the former Republican presidential candidate.

An unnamed Republican strategist “close to advisers of President Donald Trump told Politico that Ramaswamy “just burned through the bridges and he finally burned Elon.”

“Everyone wants him out of Mar-a-Lago, out of D.C,” the strategist claimed.

Another person told Politico that while “they wanted him out” before he received backlash for backing foreign H-1B visa workers and claiming that American culture “venerated mediocrity,” they “kicked him to the curb when that came out.”

Ramaswamy’s allies rejected the claims and said he was leaving DOGE because it was not possible to focus on the advisory commission and running for governor at the same time.

Trump appointed Ramaswamy and Musk to co-head DOGE following his 2024 presidential election victory in November.

“It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time,” said Trump. “I look forward to Elon and Vivek making changes to the Federal Bureaucracy with an eye on efficiency and, at the same time, making life better for all Americans.”