The Presidential Hopeful Running as a Younger, More “Anti-Woke” Trump

Vivek Ramaswamy wants you to believe that the rightful successor to Donald Trump has arrived.

The 2024 presidential hopeful paints himself as another brash, incendiary, business-minded newcomer to Republican politics who will take Trump’s America First agenda to the next level: “America First 2.0,” he calls it. Ramaswamy is also introducing himself with a more youthful spin, as a 37-year-old entrepreneur with a better-fitting wardrobe, meat-free diet, and single-minded resentment of any big corporation that makes even tepid statements in support of social justice causes. In Ramaswamy’s own words: “There’s a new daddy in...