Navigating the OMB: Balancing Politics and Management

Russ Vought served as the director of President Trump’s Office of Management and the Budget (OMB). When the OMB under Vought withheld military aid from Ukraine, House Democrats initiated an investigation that ultimately led to Trump’s first impeachment.

Vought now leads a think tank, the Center for Renewing America, and is reportedly building a “180-day playbook” for implementing a policy agenda for a second Trump term. On Monday, the Associated Press claimed “Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration.”

Timestamps:

[00:00] Introduction

[00:18] How OMB works

[06:53] The two approaches to running the executive branch

[14:56] Why we have “an imperial Congress”

[20:12] The Ukraine impeachment

[33:21] Why there aren’t more conservatives in government

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