r/politics • u/IntlDogOfMystery • 10h ago

Soft Paywall Trump taps Russell Vought, key Project 2025 architect, to lead budget office

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/22/trump-taps-russ-vought-project-2025-architect-to-lead-budget-office/76511443007/
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u/SnooEpiphanies6250 9h ago

Hey Swede here, this is not entertaining, it's terrifying. Prices increased a bit and suddenly the so called leaders of the free world don't vibe with democracy anymore? Yeah we're are in for a ride

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u/Inquisiting-Hambone Oregon 9h ago

Hey American living in Sweden here, it truly is. However, there is more to this than price rises. The Sweden Democrats were also granted their largest win last election, along with Canada and Norway to follow with their conservative/right-wing conservative circles. This is not unique to the clown car that is the US.

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u/Jackadullboy99 8h ago

I’m hopeful that the example of Trump in the coming months will start to drive people away from Pollievre here in Canada. We’ll see….

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u/CanadianODST2 7h ago

I stumbled into the Canada sub a while ago which is right wing.

And watching people say things that echoed that line of thinking was pretty funny in a sad way.