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. Vought was one of the key authors of Project 2025 and was Trump’s former budget director during his first administration when Vought oversaw a widespread deregulation push.

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.

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,

But if Vought is appointed and confirmed by the Senate, he will once again be working in an office that he has sought to drastically downsize. He wrote the Project 2025 chapter, " Executive Office of the President ,

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.