Donald Trump and Project 2025-Whats really happening

by Christopher Weems

Former President Donald Trump’s involvement with Project 2025 is both direct and
indirect, with the project serving as a detailed framework for his potential second term.
While Trump himself has occasionally distanced himself from explicit endorsements of
the project, his actions and statements reveal a strong alignment with its core principles
and objectives.
Project 2025, spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, is an alarming blueprint
designed to reshape the U.S. federal government under a conservative administration,
with a focus on the return of Donald Trump to the presidency. This initiative seeks to
consolidate executive power, undermine civil liberties, and reverse numerous
progressive policies established in recent years.
A key component of Project 2025 is the reinstatement of “Schedule F,” a Trump-era
executive order that would reclassify tens of thousands of federal employees as “at-will”
workers. This reclassification would make it significantly easier to fire these employees,
effectively purging those who do not align with the administration’s conservative
agenda. Such a move threatens the independence of the federal bureaucracy, replacing
nonpartisan experts with puppets loyal to the administration.
Project 2025 also aims to dismantle the Federal Election Commission (FEC), reducing
its powers and rendering it toothless against election-related violations. By advocating
for the removal of the FEC’s independent litigating authority and placing the agency
under the control of a conservative Department of Justice, the project would enable the
suppression of voter rights and the manipulation of electoral processes to favor
conservative candidates.

The project’s policy agenda includes a broad rollback of civil rights protections,
particularly targeting reproductive rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, and the rights of immigrants.
It proposes ending all fetal cell research, reinstating an old policy to ban federal funding
for organizations that provide or advocate for abortions, and reversing policies that
mandate hospitals to offer abortions in medical emergencies.
Project 2025 aims to undermine protections for the LGBTQIA+ community by
eliminating terms like “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” from federal regulations.
This would severely impact the ability of LGBTQIA+ individuals to seek legal protections
and health care. The project also advocates for restricting immigration, suggesting
policies that would deny federal aid and housing subsidies to U.S. citizens living with
undocumented immigrants.

Its potential impact on the economy is bad as well. Project 2025 promotes prioritizing
the interests of big businesses and “big coal” industries over environmental protection
and workers’ rights.
Project 2025 represents a radical vision for the future of the United States, one that
prioritizes the consolidation of conservative power and the rollback of hard-won civil
liberties. It seeks to remake the federal government in the image of a far-right agenda,
posing significant threats to democracy, equality, and justice in America. As the 2024
presidential election looms, the potential implementation of this project under a
conservative administration demands vocal opposition from all who value democratic
principles and human rights.
Despite the clear ideological alignment, Trump has sometimes publicly distanced
himself from Project 2025, perhaps to avoid the perception of overtly aligning with what
many see as a radical and authoritarian blueprint. In statements made on Truth Social,
Trump claimed he has “nothing to do” with Project 2025, even as his campaign quietly
integrates many of its recommendations into his policy proposals. This dual strategy
allows Trump to rally his base with familiar themes of dismantling the so-called “deep
state” while maintaining plausible deniability regarding the more extreme elements of
the project.
Moreover, Trump has emphasized the importance of reshaping the Department of
Justice (DOJ) and other federal agencies to align with his administration’s goals. Project
2025’s proposal to reassign the DOJ’s responsibilities, especially in prosecuting
election-related offenses, reflects Trump’s grudge about the 2020 election and his
claims of widespread voter fraud. This restructuring would ensure that election-related
prosecutions are handled by the DOJ’s Criminal Division rather than the Civil Rights
Division, ostensibly to prioritize investigations into alleged voter fraud—a cornerstone of
Trump’s electoral rhetoric.
Trump’s involvement with Project 2025 is part of a broader strategy to ensure that his
second term, should he be re-elected, has less opposition from reasonable people. The
project’s detailed policy blueprints and proposed legislative changes provide a ready-
made roadmap for a Trump administration eager to enact sweeping changes. Allies of
Trump within conservative think tanks and advocacy groups, including those involved in
crafting Project 2025, are already preparing to implement these plans, highlighting the
coordinated effort to fundamentally alter the structure and function of the federal
government.
Project 2025 represents a radical vision for the future of the United States, one that
prioritizes the consolidation of conservative power and the rollback of hard-won civil
liberties. It seeks to remake the federal government in the image of a far-right agenda,
posing significant threats to democracy, equality, and justice in America. As the 2024
presidential election looms, the potential implementation of this project under a
conservative administration demands vigilant opposition from all who value democratic
principles and human rights.

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