Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to announce a gubernatorial campaign after the new administration begins.

Summary

Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Trump, is expected to step down to launch a campaign for Ohio governor.

Sources report friction between Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, and incoming DOGE staff, with Musk’s team criticizing his lack of participation and subtly encouraging his exit.

“Vivek has worn out his welcome,” one Trump associate said.

DOGE, a task force to streamline federal bureaucracy, is not a formal agency.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I looked it up because no one else bothered to. It’s her childhood nickname and it means “little one” in Punjabi.

    People here are just assuming it was about fooling people about her ethnicity.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 hours ago

        Do you really think her parents called her a Punjabi name in childhood to make her more American just because it sounds like a Western name?

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            1·
            6 hours ago

            What a strange and bigoted thing to say. You’re now suggesting she shouldn’t use the name her family calls her because it sounds to white despite the fact that it’s technically spelled ਨਿੱਕੀ. But that tends to not be accepted on U.S. I.D.s.

            If she were Chinese and had a name she spelled Lee, would she be trying to sound white or are there Chinese names that sound like Western ones?