Trump’s Returning Budget Office Director Has Big Plans

From cutting spending and regulations to rooting out bureaucracy, Russ Vought has shared ideas for his second term in the Trump administration.

Russ Vought, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks at the CPAC convention in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 29, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Russ Vought is on track to return to a little-known but powerful position in the incoming administration at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him on Nov. 22.

The OMB’s director is crucial to ensuring that each executive agency is coordinated behind the president’s economic and political goals, playing a role in finances and regulations enacted by executive agencies.