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Ray Dalio thinks Taylor Swift is a worthy candidate for the position of President for a handful of reasons. The billionaire recently utilized social media to share a selfie of himself attending an Eras Tour concert in Singapore, with excited concertgoers visible in the background. Accompanying his selfie, the American investor wrote a lengthy message promoting Taylor Swift as an ideal presidential candidate.
Ray Dalio Is Rooting for Taylor Swift as President
In his post, which began with the prompt, “@TaylorSwift for President!” Ray Dalio explained that he just attended a Taylor Swift concert in Singapore. Watching the singer perform, he came to the realization that Taylor was the one person who could bring Americans and citizens of other countries together. He also seemingly pitted the songstress against presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden, saying she could promote togetherness better than both. The business mogul continued,
“Watching this concert with people from all over the world made me and them feel good and connected and reminded me how powerful that universal culture is. Wouldn’t it be great if we had two candidates who could lead that culture and make smart leadership decisions too?”
After explaining his reasoning, netizens utilized the comment section to share their varying opinions. While many agreed with Ray, others criticized the billionaire for speaking out of turn as a misguided Swiftie. According to them, being a great crowd-puller doesn’t always translate to becoming a great leader. Many tagged the billionaire as “drunk” or “blasted,” in the photo, which could explain why he typed the “dumbest thing ever.” They also described his post as hypocritical and a way of pitting the crooner against the other candidate. One netizen commented,
“You are a republican who supported trump. Now you want Taylor to run for president. Give me a break.”
Another wrote,
“Probably one of the best examples of… People being out of touch with the common man in our country.”
A third commented,
“Sober up and rethink this post.”
Why Ray Believes Taylor Is Worth a Shot
As the bashful comments kept piling up, Ray Dalio shared another lengthy writeup via comments, defending his take on Taylor Swift for president. The icon began by clarifying that he was not drunk when he shared the post, also acknowledging he needed to work on his selfies as most fans pointed out. Going further, the hedge fund manager classified his comment as a joke, with some shred of “half-truth” Explaining further, the 74-year-old shared,
“The half that’s true is that I think she can bring people together a lot better than either of the presidential candidates and bringing people together is one of the most important things a president should do.”
Ray Dalio shared how he witnessed several nationalities unite at the Singapore concert, making him imagine the possibility of a presidential candidate bringing everyone together like Taylor Swift. Such a candidate also needed to be smart enough to make the right decisions and “strong enough to lead most people to do the right thing.” According to him, neither candidate possessed that ability.
Taylor Swift, however, was an American cultural icon, wielding the power of “influencing how the balance of geopolitical power goes.” Knowing geopolitics entailed winning over the “hearts and minds” of others, what better candidate than a globally revered superstar?
