Russ Vought, a Project 2025 author with ties to the Christian nationalism movement, is Trump's pick to head the budget office.

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 ,

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, a lead architect of the controversial Project 2025, as his choice to head the Office of Management and Budget, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.

Russ Vought, chosen as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under President-elect Donald Trump, has been central to Project 2025, a controversial conservative initiative. The project aims to reshape the government's structure by expanding presidential power and implementing right-wing policies,

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.

Russell Vought, who would lead the Office of Management and Budget, has spent years building plans to rework the American structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.