President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as a platform policy director for the Republican National Committee, as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

Russell Vought, who would lead the Office of Management and Budget, has spent years building plans to rework the American structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Russell Vought as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, he said in a Truth Social post.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Russ Vought, a key architect of "Project 2025," the controversial conservative plan to overhaul the government, to be director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget,

Russell Vought was a key architect of Project 2025 and previously served as OMB director during Trump's first term.

Project 2025 is a controversial plan spearheaded by Russ Vought under Donald Trump's administration. It aims to increase presidential power, enforce strict laws, and potentially dismiss thousands of federal employees.

Vought was the head of the Office of Management and Budget from mid-2020 to the end of Trump’s first term in 2021, having previously served as the acting director and deputy director.

Russell Vought, a co-author of the highly controversial “Project 2025” initiative, has been nominated to be the country’s next director of the Office of Management and Budget – a position he’s held before.

Russ Vought, chosen as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under President-elect Donald Trump, has been central to Project 2025, a controversial conservative initiative. The project aims to reshape the government's structure by expanding presidential power and implementing right-wing policies,