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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Trump specifically highlighted in his Truth Social post that Vought played a role in putting together the Project 2025 initiative to reshape the federal government around right-wing policies.
39% : Trump to meet with White House budget director as he eyes spending cuts during shutdown The president said on his social media site that he'll meet with White House budget director Russ Vought to discuss "temporary or permanent" spending cuts as part of the government shutdown.
26% : Trump said the point of the meeting is "to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies" Vought "recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.
16% : During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump had denied having any involvement with the Project 2025 playbook released by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

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