Vivek Ramaswamy admitted that DOGE became a tech project and hence Elon Musk is the best to handle it but insisted that he had no fallout with Elon Musk or Donald Trump and they both supported his next step to run as Ohio governor. Host Charlamagne the God said he did not believe Ramaswamy's explanation. “I think you either got pushed out, or you know that it’s going to implode. I think that you know Elon is going to crash and burn," Charlamagne said.
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