President-elect Donald Trump has revealed that a key figure in his first administration will return to his post.
Russell Vought, who led the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term, will hold the same position in the new administration.
“Russ has spent many years working in public policy in Washington, D.C., and is an aggressive cost cutter and deregulator who will help us implement our America First agenda across all agencies,” Trump wrote in a Nov. 22 statement, which was released minutes after he announced that Scott Bessent would lead the Department of the Treasury.
Vought developed the Schedule F plan at the end of the first Trump administration, a key move as Trump sought to make it easier to fire or replace federal workers in executive branch agencies at the time.
The OMB is part of the Executive Office of the President.
“Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State and end Weaponized Government, and he will help us return Self Governance to the People,” Trump wrote in his statement on the pick.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
From The Epoch Times