Russ Vought

They ignore the president. And officials ignore the president. And I think one of the things you'll see in this next Trump term is policy officials, his political appointees, that are not looking to get out of what he has clearly told them to do. So let's assume that issue is solved.

They ignore the president. And officials ignore the president. And I think one of the things you'll see in this next Trump term is policy officials, his political appointees, that are not looking to get out of what he has clearly told them to do. So let's assume that issue is solved.

so for instance my staff uh is was part of what we call the policy process right where you would go and you defend the and you would articulate what you're trying to accomplish and we had put the hold on the the ukraine funding and my guy goes to the the all of these meetings and he's like literally the only one in the room that wants to do what the president has asked him to do everyone's kind of just ganging up on him

so for instance my staff uh is was part of what we call the policy process right where you would go and you defend the and you would articulate what you're trying to accomplish and we had put the hold on the the ukraine funding and my guy goes to the the all of these meetings and he's like literally the only one in the room that wants to do what the president has asked him to do everyone's kind of just ganging up on him

so for instance my staff uh is was part of what we call the policy process right where you would go and you defend the and you would articulate what you're trying to accomplish and we had put the hold on the the ukraine funding and my guy goes to the the all of these meetings and he's like literally the only one in the room that wants to do what the president has asked him to do everyone's kind of just ganging up on him

And think of that often for all of our political appointees. They are surrounded by people that have no idea about what the reasons and the agenda that the president has been put in office. And they're just bombarded with reasons of how can you do this? What are you thinking? Did you know that you can't do this? Most of the time, that's not true. And so you have to cut through all of that

And think of that often for all of our political appointees. They are surrounded by people that have no idea about what the reasons and the agenda that the president has been put in office. And they're just bombarded with reasons of how can you do this? What are you thinking? Did you know that you can't do this? Most of the time, that's not true. And so you have to cut through all of that

And think of that often for all of our political appointees. They are surrounded by people that have no idea about what the reasons and the agenda that the president has been put in office. And they're just bombarded with reasons of how can you do this? What are you thinking? Did you know that you can't do this? Most of the time, that's not true. And so you have to cut through all of that

and to have the courage of your convictions, and quite frankly, Tucker, the know-how to know, to have read the law, to get in the granular details yourselves, to not be staffed by the people working for you. This notion that you can just come in and preside is not true.

and to have the courage of your convictions, and quite frankly, Tucker, the know-how to know, to have read the law, to get in the granular details yourselves, to not be staffed by the people working for you. This notion that you can just come in and preside is not true.

and to have the courage of your convictions, and quite frankly, Tucker, the know-how to know, to have read the law, to get in the granular details yourselves, to not be staffed by the people working for you. This notion that you can just come in and preside is not true.

You have to be in the weeds and to drive these agencies to be able to fix where we have the undergrowth and the muscle memory that we've had for decades.

You have to be in the weeds and to drive these agencies to be able to fix where we have the undergrowth and the muscle memory that we've had for decades.

You have to be in the weeds and to drive these agencies to be able to fix where we have the undergrowth and the muscle memory that we've had for decades.

You've got to know how to fire them. And there are tools to do that. And the president was innovating in that space himself with what's called Schedule F of essentially saying, if you work for me in your policy, a career official, think your attorneys who are writing regulations, then we're going to create a new classification for you.

You've got to know how to fire them. And there are tools to do that. And the president was innovating in that space himself with what's called Schedule F of essentially saying, if you work for me in your policy, a career official, think your attorneys who are writing regulations, then we're going to create a new classification for you.

You've got to know how to fire them. And there are tools to do that. And the president was innovating in that space himself with what's called Schedule F of essentially saying, if you work for me in your policy, a career official, think your attorneys who are writing regulations, then we're going to create a new classification for you.

And you are going to be what most of the country is, which is at-will employee. That's where we're headed.

And you are going to be what most of the country is, which is at-will employee. That's where we're headed.

And you are going to be what most of the country is, which is at-will employee. That's where we're headed.