Who is Russell Vought? Within the daring movements of the Trump budget director

Russell T. VOUGTH, Director of the White House budget, drums Trump’s aggressive pressure on spending, deregulation and executive, including moves to cut foreign aid, diagonally and challenge the congress’s control over federal funds. Russell T. Vought, who came to power after four years in captivity, has the lead of major policy changes, from the reduction of Medicaid and food stamps to the attempted mass fire. Reuters/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo (Reuters) Russell T. Vought, the White House budget director, is a powerful architect of President Donald Trump’s aggressive approach to federal spending, regulatory back roll and executive. The collision with the Musk-led efficiency team this spring, while preparing the Trump administration’s 2026 budget, faced Voughted unexpected interference. According to Elon Musk’s effectiveness of the government, the items that Vought planned began to cut. “We’re going to break dog, and we’ll pick up the pieces later,” Vought allegedly told his staff during a moment of frustration, according to three people familiar with the exchange. The New York Times notes that Vought spokesman Rachel Cauley has denied that he made the remark or feel frustrated by Musk. Six colleagues said Vought feels through the chaos. A strategist in Exile Vought, 49, who also directed the White House’s Office for Management and Budget during Trump’s first term, spent four years outside of power and quietly planning a return. According to the news store, he has drawn up detailed plans to expand the presidential authority, including spending powers, the firing of federal employees, the control of independent agencies and the deregulation of the economy. Aggressive policy has been moving since the fall of Musk with Trump, Vought has moved to execute his plans, reform the executive power, and push the congress to comply with his prescriptions. According to the news store: Vought, lawmakers have put pressure on canceling $ 9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting, which led to the termination of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He helped accept Trump’s domestic policy law, which reduced spending on Medicaid and food stamps. He was an edge on the roll -back of hundreds of environmental, health, transport, food and workers’ regulations and claimed 245 deregulating initiatives this year. At the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, he stopped almost all operations and tried to fire 90% of staff. Associates, who told the New York Times, is a legal battle over the power of the conference on spending, which has a precedent for the president to impede funds he opposes. His next step, a “Sakrescission”, would cancel $ 4.9 billion in foreign aid unless Congress vote to stop it by September 30, the fiscal year.