“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda

Russell Vought , who served as Trump ’s director of the Office of Management and Budget , laid out plans to use armed forces to quell any domestic “riots” He said the plans are a response to a “ Marxist takeover” of the country; likened the moment to 1776 and 1860 , when the country was at war or on the brink of it.

Vought 's plans track closely with Trump 's rhetoric about using the military against domestic protesters.

Vought is widely expected to take a high-level government role if Trump wins a second term.

His name has even been mentioned as a potential White House chief of staff.

Vought laid out how his think tank is crafting the legal rationale for invoking the Insurrection Act , a law giving the president broad power to use the military for domestic law enforcement.

The two speeches offer an unvarnished look at the animating ideology and political worldview of a key figure in the MAGA movement.

He lamented that the conservative right and the nation writ large had become “too secular” and too globalist” He urged his allies to join his mission to “renew a consensus of America as a nation under God” Vought said independent agencies and unelected bureaucrats wield far too much power.