Project 2025 and Donald Trump

Project 2025 is a comprehensive plan developed by the Heritage Foundation, a prominent conservative think tank, to reshape the U.S. federal government if a Republican—likely Donald Trump—returns to power in 2025. It’s officially called “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise.” The project is a 900+ page policy and staffing blueprint aiming to overhaul the federal bureaucracy, expand presidential power, and implement far-right conservative policy across all agencies.

Key Points of Project 2025

1. Presidential Power Expansion

   • Dismantle the “administrative state” (career civil servants) and replace them with loyal political appointees.

   • Use the Schedule F executive order (briefly enacted by Trump in 2020) to reclassify tens of thousands of federal workers and fire those deemed disloyal.

2. Departmental Overhauls

   • Eliminate or consolidate federal agencies viewed as obstacles to conservative goals (e.g., Department of Education, Department of Energy).

   • Replace leadership and staff at agencies like the FBI, DOJ, IRS, CDC with political loyalists.

3. Rollbacks of Social Programs and Regulations

   • Roll back climate initiatives, LGBTQ+ protections, DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) programs.

   • Reverse clean energy policies and environmental protections.

   • Privatize social safety net programs and reduce federal oversight.

4. Immigration Crackdown

   • Mass deportations using expanded military powers.

   • Restore and expand the travel ban and public charge rule.

   • Push for ending birthright citizenship through executive action or reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment.

5. Education

   • Ban “critical race theory” and DEI from public education.

   • Promote school choice, religious schooling, and parental control over curriculum.

6. Culture War Agenda

   • Advance anti-abortion policies (including national restrictions).

   • Use federal agencies to promote “biblical” values.

   • Restrict rights of transgender individuals.

7. Foreign Policy Shift

   • Dismantle globalist institutions and alliances.

   • Favor unilateral military action and protectionist trade policies.

8. Law and Order

   • Expand policing and surveillance powers.

   • Curtail protest rights and restrict civil liberties in the name of “order.”

9. Media & Censorship

   • Investigate and potentially prosecute journalists or tech platforms accused of “bias.”

   • Defund or dismantle public media (like NPR, PBS).

How Trump Already Aligns with or Has Acted on Project 2025 Goals

1. Schedule F (Civil Service Purge Tool)

   • Trump signed this executive order in October 2020. Though it was never widely implemented before Biden rescinded it, Trump has promised to revive it on Day One of a second term—Project 2025 heavily relies on it.

2. Loyalty-Driven Appointments

   • Trump has already shown preference for personal loyalty over qualifications—Project 2025 calls for a “deep bench” of vetted loyalists ready to take over federal positions.

3. Agency Overhauls

   • Trump previously tried to slash the budgets or eliminate agencies like the EPA, NEA, and even the Department of Education. These goals are reiterated in Project 2025.

4. Immigration

   • He implemented family separations, “Remain in Mexico,” and tried to end DACA. Project 2025 recommends going further, including using the military for mass deportations.

5. Anti-DEI & Anti-Trans Policies

   • Trump banned diversity training in federal agencies and military.

   • Project 2025 would expand these efforts system-wide and implement national restrictions on transgender healthcare and visibility.

6. Abortion

   • Trump appointed the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. Project 2025 advocates using the Comstock Act (an 1800s anti-obscenity law) to ban abortion pills nationwide.

7. Climate and Energy

   • Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement, slashed EPA regulations.

   • Project 2025 calls for ending all “green energy” subsidies and fast-tracking oil and gas drilling.

8. Election Law and DOJ Interference

   • Trump repeatedly pressured DOJ to support false election claims; Project 2025 wants to remove independence from DOJ and make the Attorney General fully answerable to the President.

9. Christian Nationalism

   • Project 2025 openly aligns with Christian nationalist language. Trump has embraced this in speeches, portraying himself as a protector of Christian values against secular liberalism.

Why This Matters

Project 2025 is not just a policy document—it’s a staffing and execution plan for a second Trump term. It represents the culmination of efforts to institutionalize authoritarian tendencies, weaken checks and balances, and reorient federal power toward a hard-right ideological agenda. Trump has endorsed its ideas indirectly through campaign promises, and many of his allies are directly involved in the project’s creation.🇺🇸 Trump vs. Project 2025: Policy Comparison Chart

Summary of the Evolution

• 2016–2020: Trump disrupted norms, tested legal limits, but was often restrained by courts, staff, and institutions.

• Project 2025: Turns Trumpism into a systematic roadmap with legal and staffing tools to prevent resistance next time.

• Trump 2025 Promises: Closely follow Project 2025—his campaign adopts many ideas almost verbatim but adds rhetoric promising vengeance and retribution.