Ramaswamy says Trump was 'duped by the adviser class' ahead of policy speech on gutting FBI, other agencies

GOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy offered Fox News Digital a preview of his first major domestic policy speech focused on eliminating several federal agencies.

"Good presidents from Trump to Reagan have been duped by the advisor class around them, saying that they can't do it. Well, it turns out they can. And as the next president, I will," Ramaswamy said in an interview. "That's what we will be laying out, not just the operational practicalities which we'll lay out but the more interesting part is how the advisers from the managerial swamp class told them they couldn't do it but I'm not going to be a president who just takes that answer at face value, because if you dig deeper, you realize that the president, under existing legal authority, absolutely has the authority to do it even without asking Congress for permission." Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.

The 38-year-old political outsider offered a preview to Fox News Digital of Wednesday's speech that will be given at the America First Policy Institute in Washington D.C. The speech will unveil his plan to reorganize and shut down the FBI, the Department of Education, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). It's part of his campaign promise of eliminating 75% of federal employees by the end of his second term in 2033.