After the defenestration of Jim DeMint, interim Heritage Foundation president Ed Feulner promised his staff that they’d remain “Donald Trump’s favorite think tank.” Soon, though, they could be the defense industry’s darling.

When news broke that Heritage was considering David Trulio as one of four candidates to be president, foundation staffers scrambled for Google. Many had never heard of the man who could be their boss. When asked about the candidate, the most common reply was “Trulio-who?”