Russ Vought: Trumpâs Grim Reaper Of Government Shutdowns
Russ Vought, the man who climbed from Phil Grammâs mail room in Trumbull, Connecticut, to becoming the Office of Management and Budgetâs grim reaper, stars in Trumpâs AI apocalypse video set to Blue Ăyster Cult's '(Donât Fear) The Reaper.' His rĂ©sumĂ© includes freezing $214 million to kickstart Trump's 2019 impeachment, coining 'woke and weaponized' as the GOPâs new catchphrase, and plotting to axe entire agencies like USAID and the CFPB to fund his $9 trillion budget slashing gymnastic. When not ghosting interviews, he writes 350 executive orders so Trump doesn't waste energy arguing if they're legal or moral. Official shadow president material.
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Russ Voughtâs career arc: mail room grunt turned Capitol Hillâs budget Grim Reaper weaponizing 'woke' to justify gutting billions, ghosting interviews, and curating Trumpâs ultimate shutdown playlist. Heâs Washingtonâs unsubscribe button on civil service.
OMB director Russ Vought is proof that if you feed conservatives enough pork-barrel spending, theyâll eventually bite the muscle off the bone before calling out the hypocrisy.
If government positions had a killstreak, Voughtâs OMB role would be the no-scope headshot of federal agenciesâreloading with executive orders while everyone else argues about legality.
Source: Propublica | Published: 10/20/2025 | Author: by Andy Kroll
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