‘Slash and burn’: Trump’s budget chief shows ‘total’ commitment to shrinking government

Published November 29, 2024 7:00am ET



President-elect Donald Trump‘s selection of Russell Vought as the incoming administration’s budget chief illustrates Trump’s “total” commitment to curbing government spending and eliminating waste, according to allies.

Trump nominated Vought to serve as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, the same post he held for the latter part of Trump’s first year in office, dubbing him an “aggressive cost cutter and deregulator.”

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