Posted on 10/21/2025 12:49:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump offered these comments on the "reckless and completely unnecessary" 2025 government shutdown and praised OMB Director Russ Vought as the "Darth Vader" of budget cuts.
"They call him Darth Vader. I call him a fine man," Trump said about Vought.
But we are doing things that nobody's ever done—nobody's ever seen. All of this, and the pain that the Democrats have caused during this reckless and completely unnecessary affair—you could call it the Schumer shutdown or the Democrat shutdown. You can call it whatever you want.
And I will say this: we have Darth Vader—you know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who, I think he's sitting—right? Is that Darth? Stand up, please. Darth Vader, stand up. Does everybody know this? They call him Darth Vader. I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities, and they're never going to get them back. They've caused us—and they've really allowed us—to do it. And, by the way, thank you. You're doing a great job. I have to tell you—really a great job.
Because many of the things that they're cutting—like the New York project, $20 billion—we're cutting it. They're not going to get it back. I mean, they're not going to get a lot of things back. They may not get it back. Maybe we'll talk to them about it. But they're losing all the things that they wanted, and many of the things that they wanted...
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As usual, the violent and terroristic Dems have a ready smear for Russell Vought:
“Russell Vought is a key author of the ultra-right wing Project 2025 plan, which Trump sought to distance himself from during the election.”
Even in a budget fight, a kick to the scrotum can be effective...
Thanks for reminding us what the Dims said about Project 2025 (which I hadn't heard of until they brought it up). If I recall, the Dims said it was the Heritage Foundation's plan for what the Dims called "Christian nationalism" LOL.
As has been posted here on FR numerous times both before and after Charlie Kirk's murder, the number of people attending evangelical churches has risen, especially among young people. One way we can tell if that's correct is if the Dims change their messaging to quit hating on Christianity, or at least quit calling it out be the name of it (i.e. quit calling it "Christian nationalism" and instead call it "far-right extremism" or something else like "ultra-right wing" as in this article).
I can live with Darth Vought
Maybe he could change his first name to Darth.
Or just add a new middle name.
How about Darth the Slasher Vought?
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