If Trump is the nominee, I will support him; and if I am the president, I will pardon him: Ramaswamy

Washington: Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate, said on Sunday that he plans to vote for Donald Trump if the former president is the party's nominee for the November 2024 US elections.

The 38-year-old Indian American businessman said on a Sunday talk programme that if Donald Trump were elected president, he would pardon Trump for his numerous legal problems.

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If Donald Trump is the nominee, I will vote for him, and if I am elected president, I will pardon him if it will bring the country together. But that's not the most pressing business I have as the incoming president. In an interview with ABC News, Ramaswamy called it "the bare minimum" for the country's progress.—Inputs from Agencies