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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5691677" data-attributes="member: 48469">I guess he could&#039;ve changed his mind since he told Bill Maher he wouldn&#039;t be a VP on Bill&#039;s most recent podcast episode release.<a href="https://www.mensjournal.com/podcasts/club-random/vivek-ramaswamy" target="_blank">Vivek Ramaswamy: Why He’d Turn Down Being Trump’s VP - Club Random (mensjournal.com)</a>&quot;Maher: I think you&#039;re running to be his vice president.Ramaswamy: Well, I&#039;m glad you smoked that view out. I&#039;ve already said, and I&#039;ll say it again, I&#039;m not going to work for any administration.Maher: You would say no to--Ramaswamy: Yes, I would say no.Maher: You would say no to the vice presidency if Donald Trump offered it to you?Ramaswamy: I don&#039;t do well in a number two role. I just don&#039;t. I haven&#039;t been in a number two role in a long time. I think there&#039;s a lot of ways to change this country. Each person has to look in the mirror and ask themselves, &quot;How do you have the maximal impact you can?&quot;Maher: You’re 38. You only go right to the top?Ramaswamy: Well, to me, it&#039;s not a hierarchy. It&#039;s not about a top.Maher: Well, it is. You&#039;re saying no to being the second most powerful person in the world.Ramaswamy: If power were my currency and probability adjusting my power calculus, yes, of course, I would take it. If the question is actually, “How am I using my God-given talents to have a maximal positive impact on a country that has given me so much,&quot; being in that vice president role wouldn&#039;t be it. I want to unite the entire country.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5691677, member: 48469"] I guess he could've changed his mind since he told Bill Maher he wouldn't be a VP on Bill's most recent podcast episode release. [URL='https://www.mensjournal.com/podcasts/club-random/vivek-ramaswamy']Vivek Ramaswamy: Why He’d Turn Down Being Trump’s VP - Club Random (mensjournal.com)[/URL] [B]"Maher: [/B]I think you're running to be his vice president. [B]Ramaswamy: [/B]Well, I'm glad you smoked that view out. I've already said, and I'll say it again, I'm not going to work for any administration. [B]Maher: [/B]You would say no to-- [B]Ramaswamy: [/B]Yes, I would say no. [B]Maher: [/B]You would say no to the vice presidency if Donald Trump offered it to you? [B]Ramaswamy: [/B]I don't do well in a number two role. I just don't. I haven't been in a number two role in a long time. I think there's a lot of ways to change this country. Each person has to look in the mirror and ask themselves, "How do you have the maximal impact you can?" [B]Maher: [/B]You’re 38. You only go right to the top? [B]Ramaswamy: [/B]Well, to me, it's not a hierarchy. It's not about a top. [B]Maher: [/B]Well, it is. You're saying no to being the second most powerful person in the world. [B]Ramaswamy: [/B]If power were my currency and probability adjusting my power calculus, yes, of course, I would take it. If the question is actually, “How am I using my God-given talents to have a maximal positive impact on a country that has given me so much," being in that vice president role wouldn't be it. I want to unite the entire country." [/QUOTE]

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