With everyone I know giving thanks for the blessing that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) won’t be the next attorney general, most have lost sight of Russell Vought, whom Trump will nominate to be the next head of the Office of Management and Budget.

Trump has hit the jackpot in his quest to destroy the American government. He has chosen a secretary of Defense without experience, who allegedly bought off a rape charge, and wants to remove women from combat roles and fire all the “woke” generals; a director of National Intelligence who is a security risk; a secretary of Health and Human Services who is anti-science; and a director of OMB who wants to fire 50,000 federal workers.

No wonder many in the Kremlin are jubilant that a Trump presidency might bring about the collapse of the American state.

Even conservative senators should find Vought problematic. Senators are wary of presidential appointees who hold views outside the spectrum of the political mainstream, and Vought fits this definition neatly. He believes that our 230-year-old system of checks and balances must be abrogated, with all power going to the president.

For example, he has written himself down as wanting to bypass the Senate in making presidential appointments. His think tank lobbied strongly in recent weeks for recess appointments — a means by which Trump could attempt to circumvent the Senate’s confirmation process. Trump was quick to follow Vought’s lead, as he posted on Truth Social (partly in caps), “Any Republican Senator seeking the........

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