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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    8 hours ago

    That may not have been what OP meant, I don’t know. But other people are saying she changed her name to sound white and it just isn’t true.

    • DancingBear
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      8 hours ago

      Has anyone asked her why she changed her name? I’ve heard or read articles suggesting that it was done to sound more white from progressive circles… I don’t really care if someone changes their name but it is interesting if they are doing it because their own constituents would see them as “other” had they not done it.

      Ted Cruz is another example I think.

      And oh yea don’t we have our first trans representative in congress now? I can’t remember what state but I remember Margerine Green Potato trying to pass a bill about bathrooms in the capitol recently?

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        8 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.

        • DancingBear
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          8 hours ago

          And that has nothing to do with the fact that Nikki sounds more “American”

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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            7 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?

            • DancingBear
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              7 hours ago

              Do you think if they had chosen a more Hindi or Indian sounding nickname she would call herself that?

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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                3 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?