Russell Thurlow Vought, 48, was in charge of the same guardianship during part of Trump’s first presidential term
President-elect Donald Trump chose Russell Thurlow Vought, one of the ‘architects’ of the ultra-conservative government program Project 2025, to head the future Government’s Office of Management and Budget.
Vought, 48 years old, was already in charge of the same guardianship during part of Trump’s first presidential term (2017-2021).
“He did an excellent job: we eliminated four regulations for every new regulation and it was a great success!” Trump said in a statement released on Friday.
Trump recalled that Vought spent many years working on public policy in Washington and is an “aggressive cost cutter and deregulator” who will help his administration implement its ‘America First’ agenda across all agencies.
Project 2025, prepared by the ultra-conservative group Heritage Foundation, but from which Trump distanced himself, foresees a huge cut in civil service and the dismantling of federal agencies.
Also on Friday, President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate former American football player and White House adviser Scott Turner to be secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Turner ran the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump’s first term.
Trump, in a statement, praised Turner, the highest-ranking person of color he has ever selected for his administration, for “helping lead an unprecedented effort that has transformed our country’s neediest communities.”
Also on Friday, Trump announced that Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Hispanic origin, will be the next Secretary of Labor.
Chavez-DeRemer “worked tirelessly with business and labor to develop America’s workforce and support working men and women,” the president-elect said in a statement.
Hours earlier, Trump had nominated Scott Bessent, founder of the investment firm Key Square Group and ardent supporter of political control over the Federal Reserve, as Treasury secretary.
Trump has caused controversy for placing, among others, a former Fox News television anchor, investigated in the past for sexual abuse, Pete Hegseth, in the Defense portfolio or the anti-vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of Health.
Also on Friday, the president-elect chose Janette Nesheiwat, a general practitioner and Fox News contributor, as surgeon general, the person primarily responsible for public health matters in the United States.
Dave Weldon, a former Republican congressman and physician with more than 40 years of experience, will lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Marty Makary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, will be the food and drug regulator.
