Russ Vought: Trump's Shutdown Maestro & Elonâs Budget Buzzkill
Meet Russ Vought, the backstage puppeteer of the 2025 government shutdown, threatening federal workers with mass layoffs faster than you can say 'Project 2025.' Once the Heritage Foundationâs VP and now OMB Director, Russ executes Trump's dream cuts on Medicaid, Education, and USAID like a budgeting Sith Lord. Despite Elon Musk flexing as the new overlord of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Russ insists his OMB mission is to make Muskâs budget slashes âpermanentââbecause who needs a work-friendly government anyway? On September 26, Russ dubbed the shutdown a 'very critical juncture' on Bannon's War Room, basically Trump's version of a motivational TED talk for chaos. Meanwhile, Trumpâs busy choosing which 'Democrat Agencies' to axe, probably soon to be announced on Truth Social because where else?
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Russ Vought weaponizes bureaucracy like a budget ninja, firing federal workers because apparently government efficiency is just another door Elon Musk barged through â and Russ wants to shut that door forever. Shutdown season just got savage.
If Russ Vought was handing out government jobs, he'd just burn the list and call it efficiency. Mass layoffs in days? Sounds less like policy, more like a twisted save-the-unemployment game show.
Watching Vought handle Trump's shutdown plan is like seeing someone try to fix a leaky faucet with a sledgehammerâexcept the faucet is the federal government and the water's your paycheck.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/2/2025 | Author: April Rubin
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