Listen now | We're joined this week by a key architect of President Trump's budget and regulatory agenda: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought.
Good discussion on administrative reform and fiscal policy. My deeper concern with Director Vought isn’t his budget expertise - it’s how his self-described Christian nationalist worldview shapes his approach to governance. When policy is filtered through an explicitly theological lens, “reform” risks becoming a reshaping of institutions to reflect a single religious and cultural order, rather than neutral administration.
Ten years ago, would a liberty-minded entrepreneur have been comfortable elevating someone whose governing philosophy leaves so little room for pluralism in the management of public institutions?
Joe thank you so much for all you’re doing for America. Russ Vaught is an amazing person. I can’t wait to actually see the results of this Administration. Earl
Hi Joe,
Good discussion on administrative reform and fiscal policy. My deeper concern with Director Vought isn’t his budget expertise - it’s how his self-described Christian nationalist worldview shapes his approach to governance. When policy is filtered through an explicitly theological lens, “reform” risks becoming a reshaping of institutions to reflect a single religious and cultural order, rather than neutral administration.
Ten years ago, would a liberty-minded entrepreneur have been comfortable elevating someone whose governing philosophy leaves so little room for pluralism in the management of public institutions?
Joe thank you so much for all you’re doing for America. Russ Vaught is an amazing person. I can’t wait to actually see the results of this Administration. Earl