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Chris Stigall interviews key Trump administration figures about aggressive bureaucracy cuts and policy execution ahead of the midterms.

Chris Stigall delivers special Washington, D.C. interviews with key Trump administration figures. OMB Director Russell Vought details aggressive bureaucracy cuts—$17B below Biden levels, USAID shutdown made permanent, DOGE-like efforts, AI for oversight, and targeting woke/weaponized programs. Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair discusses policy execution, action-oriented leadership, affordability progress (wages up, inflation down, gas lower), and midterm framing as finishing the job against D...

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