Well, Elon Musk is finally heading back to his spaceships and electric cars, and in his place at the Department of Governor Efficiency — aka DOGE — President Trump is calling in a longtime fiscal pit bull: Russ Vought. If you thought Musk shook things up when he joined the federal government, get ready, because Vought’s about to take a sledgehammer to what’s left of bloated bureaucracy.
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Elon made it clear he was never planning to be a permanent government suit. President Trump even joked last month, “stay as long as you want — at some point he wants to get back home to his cars.” That moment has come. Between the tanking Tesla stock and the left-wing boycott machine frothing at the mouth, it’s no surprise Musk wants to put out fires at home before they turn into infernos. You’ve got to admire the guy — he took a flamethrower to inefficiency, but now he’s got to save his own company from woke meltdown.
Enter Russ Vought. If Musk was the innovator, Vought is the axe man. As former director of the Office of Management and Budget, he’s made no secret that he’s out to trim the fat — and he’s starting with Washington’s sacred cow: military spending. He’s proposing $892.6 billion for defense, which is basically level funding, and that’s got the national security establishment in a panic. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others want more, but Vought’s holding the line. He’s not anti-defense — he’s anti-waste. And that’s what DOGE is all about.
More importantly, Vought is marching in lockstep with the Trump administration’s push for serious tax cuts. To get there, you need spending cuts, and that’s what House Republicans delivered this week with a proposed $912 billion rollback. Medicaid dodged the axe (for now), but don’t expect it to be safe forever.
Now here’s the kicker: Vought’s openly backing presidential authority to impound funds. That means Trump could refuse to spend money Congress appropriates. Cue the media hysterics and Democrat hand-wringing. But guess what? The president’s job isn’t to be a rubber stamp for Congress. If lawmakers want to blow taxpayer cash on nonsense, Trump and Vought are ready to slam on the brakes.
And the left is already screaming “authoritarian!” because DOGE is dismantling useless agencies like USAID and the Department of Education — both massive money pits with little accountability. That’s not tyranny. That’s common sense.
Vought’s next moves? Gutting “unlawful regulations” and resurrecting Schedule F to finally clean out the career bureaucrats who treat federal jobs like lifetime appointments. You know, the ones who think elections shouldn’t change policy. That swamp is about to get drained — again.
How do you think Vought’s fiscal approach will reshape the 2025 budget battle?
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