Former President Donald Trump and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy took the stage together in New Hampshire at a campaign event where they gave two powerful speeches highlighting the importance of rescuing the United States from the Democrats and the Washington establishment.
"Right now, our country's not doing too well. We're laughed at all over the world. This is not going to happen for long, but I do worry. I do worry about 10 more months with these people because they can do a lot of damage. What they're doing to our country is very sad," Trump said as soon as he began his speech.
"We have to beat crooked Joe Biden. We have to beat him. Our country is at stake, and we need to focus on all of our resources. We have to put them into energy and effort and defeating Biden and all of these radical left lunatics," continued the former president, who then proceeded to introduce Ramaswamy, who is now running as a rising political star after obtaining almost 8% of the votes in the Iowa caucuses.
#LIVE | Trump talking about Biden in New Hampshire:
🗣️ "He's the most corrupt president in the history of our country. And frankly he's the most incompetent president—you're going to end up in World War III with this guy." pic.twitter.com/puGDd7zH4I
— VOZ (@Voz_US) January 17, 2024
"Last night, I was honored to receive the endorsement of a man who has become a true leader and earned the admiration of so many patriots. I've been a friend of his, even though we were competing against each other. But I was a friend of his, and we got along," Trump continued. "He's a fantastic guy, a very smart guy. He's got some tremendous ideas. And he's young, and he's got some young ideas, too. And that's a good thing. So he has a big, beautiful, bright future ahead: Vivek Ramaswamy."
The former candidate, a millennial businessman who presented himself as an outsider, showered Trump with praise and presented the current socio-political situation in the United States in warlike terms: the permanent big government against ordinary citizens.
"You know this man, you know, why we're here patriots across the state. We are in the middle of a war in this country. That's what this is. It's not a war between black and white It's not between Democrat and Republican, even a deeper sense. It's between the permanent state and the everyday citizen. Between those of us who love the United States of America and a fringe minority who hate the president," Ramaswamy said as he began his nearly nine-minute speech.
The businessman, referring to Trump, described that to win "the war," the Republicans need a commander to guide them in the coming years.
#LIVE | Ramaswamy on Trump's New Hampshire rally:
🗣️ "We need a commander-in-chief who will lead us to victory in this war." pic.twitter.com/KHw3XUGMhv
— VOZ (@Voz_US) January 17, 2024
"We need a commander-in-chief who will lead us to victory in this war. That's what we need in this country. You gotta know you're in a war to win one. You can't win one if you're sleeping at the switch, have your head stuck in the sand like most Republicans," said Ramaswamy, who dropped out of the Republican primary last night after taking fourth place in Iowa.
"You want to know what does it mean to be a Republican today?" Ramaswamy asked later. "It means we believe in the ideals of 1776, ideals like freedom and merit and the pursuit of excellence, that you get ahead in this country not on the color of your skin but the content of your character and your contributions."
"It means the people we elect to run the government needs to be the ones who run the government, not the shadow government and not the deep state that runs the show today," the businessman stated. "This man is going to get in there this time around and actually shut down that deep state. Not messing around this time anymore."
At the end of his speech, Ramaswamy received a standing ovation from the public, who began to ask him loudly to be Trump's running mate.
The former president, settling the public's request with great skill, limited himself to saying that Ramaswamy will work for a long time and very closely with his campaign.
