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https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-nominates-scott-bessent-as-treasury-secretary-picks-russ-vought-to-lead-budget-office.amp

Trump nominates Scott Bessent as treasury secretary; picks Russ Vought to lead budget office (Project 2025 PRIMARY AUTHOR)

Bessent was a key economic policy adviser and fundraiser for the Trump campaign.

Treasury secretaries often lead negotiations with Congress over tax and spending matters and play a role in dealing with foreign governments and financial institutions, as well as handling the operations of the Treasury Department and sub-agencies like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Bessent previously attended & taught at Yale University. He worked at Soros Fund Management (SFM) from 1991 to 2005, starting as a partner and eventually leading the firm's London office. After starting his own venture capital and working at another firm, he returned to Soros Fund Management from 2011 to 2015 as chief investment officer, before he left to found his investment firm, Key Square Group.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/fox40.com/news/political-connection/ap-politics/ap-after-trumps-project-2025-denials-he-is-tapping-its-authors-and-influencers-for-key-roles/amp/

During the 2024 campaign, Trump denied knowing anything about the “ridiculous & abysmal” plans written in part by his first-term aides and allies. "President Trump never had anything to do with Project 2025,”

Regarding OMB Nominee Russ Voight:

The OMB director develops POTUS proposed budget. Vought is a primary contributor to the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 and a close Trump ally.

Additional Project 2025 contributors slated for CIA and Federal Communications chiefs

John Ratcliffe, Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, was previously one of Trump’s DNIs. He is a Project 2025 contributor.

Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Project 2025’s FCC chapter & is now Trump’s pick to chair the FCC.

MAGA, you got played... AGAIN!

I think it was a very irresponsible and stupid decision for president Biden to take. It is not going to make any significant military difference for Ukraine. But it does make a hell of a lot of a difference in steering things up even further, provoking escalation, and bringing the world that one inch closer to a third world war. It seems to me that Mr. Biden made this decision so that he could do something, the last thing perhaps before he leaves office for good. A looser move based on anger and his inability to accept his decline. He deserves to go to jail for this. Imagine if it is a catalyst to initiate a nuclear war! Imagine the damage. He should not have been even thinking about such a thing let alone do it.

The Trump Transition Team continues to refuse to sign the 1963 Transition of Power law (induced by the JFK assassination) and related documents with the White House and GSA. He is simply ignoring the law, just like he did when the government was trying to get him to return stolen classified documents.

The Biden White House has continued to reach out to the Trump team to get them to sign these agreements and are being ignored. Since the documents haven’t been signed, the government is unable to grant security clearances or provide briefings to incoming administration officials, other than Trump.

But that also means that FBI can't conduct background checks on Trump nominees. Trump has taken the unusual step of hiring a private company to conduct the background checks. JD Vance has also already disclosed that Trump is going to fire FBI Director Chris Wray. Typically the results of FBI background checks are provided to Senators prior to confirmation hearing and interviews with nominees to give them as much information as possible about them. Transition agreements also provide office space, IT equipment, office supplies, fleet vehicles, mail management, and payment of compensation and other expenses to incoming members of the Administration. The Trump team will not have any of those things made available to them and will be taking over in the dark and without key personnel unless he convinces the Senate to recess itself.

Article II, Section 2 states:

“The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session,” reads the clause."

In 2014 SCOTUS ruled that if a recess—whether inter or intra-session— lasts 10 days or longer, a president can make recess appointments. The person appointed by POTUS would serve in office through the end of the next annual session (2 year maximum).