President-elect Donald Trump has selected Russell Vought as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, he said in a Truth Social post.

President-elect Donald Trump named Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as a platform policy director for the Republican National Committee, as his pick to lead the to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

Russell Vought was a key architect of Project 2025 and previously served as OMB director during Trump's first term.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Russ Vought, a key architect of "Project 2025," the controversial conservative plan to overhaul the government, to be director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget,

The president-elect is staffing his administration with people affiliated with the controversial policy and personnel blueprint that he had disavowed on the campaign trail.

Acting Director Russell Vought testifies before House Budget Committee on 2020 Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is planning to tap conservative loyalist Russell Vought to be the director of the U.

Russell Vought was a key architect of Project 2025 and previously served as OMB director during Trump's first term.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Russ Vought to serve as the director of the Office of Management and Budget, according to CBS News, bringing back a trusted former aide to his second administration.

But if Vought is appointed and confirmed by the Senate, he will once again be working in an office that he has sought to drastically downsize. He wrote the Project 2025 chapter, " Executive Office of the President ,