Why do all these Project 2025 guys keep ending up in my administration?
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What an amazing coincidence:
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Friday picked a key figure in Project 2025 to lead the Office of Management and Budget, elevating a longtime ally who has spent the last four years making plans to rework the American government to enhance presidential power.
The would-be nominee, Russell T. Vought, would oversee the White House budget and help determine whether federal agencies comport with the president’s policies. The role requires Senate confirmation unless Mr. Trump is able to make recess appointments.
The choice of Mr. Vought would bring in a strongly ideological figure who played a pivotal role in Mr. Trump’s first term, when he also served as budget chief. Among other things, Mr. Vought helped come up with the idea of having Mr. Trump use emergency power to circumvent Congress’s decision about how much to spend on a border wall.
Mr. Vought was a leading figure in Project 2025, the effort by conservative organizations to build a governing blueprint for Mr. Trump should he take office once again. Mr. Trump tried to distance himself from the effort during his campaign, but he has put forward people with ties to the project for his administration since the election.
It is true that Trump has shreweder political instincts than he’s sometimes given credit for — he often knows a politically toxic Republican position when he sees one. His dishonest disavowals of Project 2025 and national abortion regulation were critical to his victory. But this is also a classic example of media double standards that benefit Trump — Trump temporarily abandoning support for policies he would pursue if he wins is generally viewed as shrewd politicking, while a Democrat who tries to take more moderate stances is.a flip-flopper who doesn’t know who she is etc. etc.
Anyway, Project 2025 may not what have been what the marginal Trump supporter was voting for, but it’s sure what they’re going to get.