Americans have become mediocre and lazy from binging on culture like Friends, Vivek Ramaswamy said. In an appeal to hire migrant workers that sparked a furious row in Maga circles, Donald Trump ’s incoming government efficiency tsar attacked American culture for “venerating mediocrity over excellence”.

Vivek Ramaswamy lamented the state of American culture in a message outlining a pathway to creating a “new golden era” for the United States. The former Republican presidential candidate warned on Thursday that “our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.