Comedian and podcast host Marc Maron has called President Donald Trump a "thug" who is a "puppet" of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russ Vought.

Newsweek contacted the OMB and the White House for comment via email outside of regular working hours.

Why It Matters

Project 2025 outlines sweeping plans to consolidate presidential authority, fire thousands of career civil servants, and overhaul regulatory agencies. Now that Trump is back in office and key figures such as Vought hold leadership roles, significant portions of the blueprint are being implemented across federal departments.

The plan, initially developed in anticipation of a second Trump term, is designed to institutionalize a long-term conservative agenda through the direct exercise of executive power rather

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