Trump taps Project 2025 co-author to head budget office
Trump announced he has nominated Russell Vought as the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
The president-elect described Vought, who served in the same role during Trump's first term for several months toward the end of the administration, as an "aggressive cost cutter and deregulator."
Vought has ties to Project 2025. He authored a chapter on "Executive Office of the President" for Project 2025's "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise," which Project 2025 describes as "a comprehensive policy guide for the next conservative U.S. president."
His Center For Renewing America is also listed as a member of Project 2025's advisory board, according to the plan's website.
The position he's been nominated for requires Senate confirmation.