The Man Who Could Take on the Fed

Russell Vought is back at President Trump’s Budget Office.

AP/Jacquelyn Martin, file
President Donald Trump's director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, on Capitol Hill, January 22, 2025.  AP/Jacquelyn Martin, file

‘I am not a huge fan of the Fed . . . They have existed with this notion that they have this priestly ability to make decisions. And in fact, I don’t actually think they’re that good at it.’

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