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73 The obscure manifesto that explains the Trump-Musk power grab

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Zack Beauchamp @ Vox 3 place · 02/19/2025 07:00 EDT

The obscure manifesto that explains the Trump-Musk power grab

Russell Vought is the brain behind Donald Trump’s executive order blitz. The now-director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) spent months before the election drafting plans in secret as part of Project 2025.  “Eighty percent of my time is working on the plans of what’s necessary to take control of [federal] bureaucracies,” Vought […]

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