Vivek Ramaswamy’s rant about America prizing ‘mediocrity over excellence’ reportedly upset Trump and factored into his exit from Elon Musk’s DOGE
In a lengthy post on X in December, Ramaswamy waded into the political discussion on American versus foreign-born workers and railed against a culture that he said had misplaced priorities. “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer)” he wrote.