Luxury Air Force One, Rose Garden Reno? ‘Priorities' Says Trump Budget Chief

Trump’s budget chief pushes luxury jet reno while slashing CDC and schools

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, is defending plans to spend an estimated $1 billion retrofitting an aging luxury 747 jetliner for use as Air Force One—even though it will be in service for only about a year—while also backing deep cuts to discretionary programs, including at the CDC, and in public health, education, housing, and science.Vought, a self-avowed Christian nationalist, is the …

Rose Garden renovation, luxury Air Force One are 'administration priorities': Trump budget chief

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, is defending plans to spend an estimated $1 billion retrofitting an aging luxury 747 jetliner for use as Air Force One—even though it will be in service for only about a year—while also backing deep cuts to discretionary programs, including at the CDC, and in public health, education, housing, and science.Vought, a self-avowed Christian nationalist, is the …

Luxury Air Force One, Rose Garden Reno? ‘Priorities' Says Trump Budget Chief

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, is defending plans to spend an estimated $1 billion retrofitting an aging luxury 747 jetliner for use as Air Force One—even though it will be in service for only about a year—while also backing deep cuts to discretionary programs, including at the CDC, and in public health, education, housing, and science. Vought, a self-avowed Christian nationalist, is the…