The New York Times doesn’t know what ‘unitary executive’ means

Published January 16, 2025 4:25pm ET



Does President-elect Donald Trump‘s budget honcho, Russ Vought, believe there is only one branch of government? Or four? Or does he argue that the executive branch is superior to legislative and judicial?

No, he doesn’t. But you would think he believes one or all of those things if you learned about him from the New York Times.

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