Conservative Agenda Project 2025 Gains Traction Following Trump’s Reelection
A conservative policy plan known as Project 2025 is gaining attention as discussions unfold regarding the potential landscape of a second term for President Donald Trump. Conceived by the Heritage Foundation, this 922-page document outlines a comprehensive strategy aimed at transforming the U.S. government structure. Although Democrats have tried to associate Trump with this agenda, he has distanced himself, claiming, “no idea who is behind it” and asserting that he had “nothing to do with” the plan. Project 2025 was driven by former Trump officials Paul Dans and Spencer Chretien, with Vice President-elect JD Vance contributing a foreword to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’s book.
Following Trump’s victory, the Heritage Foundation promptly expressed its support. Roberts stated, “The entire conservative movement stands united behind him.” Since then, numerous Trump supporters have publicly backed Project 2025.
Conservative figures have voiced their support on social media platforms. Matt Walsh, a conservative activist, commented, “Now that the election is over I think we can finally say that yeah actually Project 2025 is the agenda. Lol.” Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon confirmed this sentiment on his podcast, War Room, stating, “Project 2025 is the agenda.” Similarly, Bo French, Texas’s Tarrant County GOP chair, and YouTuber Benny Johnson have acknowledged the plan’s significance, with Johnson declaring, “It is my honor to inform you all that Project 2025 was real the whole time.”
As of Thursday afternoon, the Trump campaign has not issued comments regarding Project 2025.
Details of Project 2025
Project 2025 presents itself as a comprehensive policy agenda designed to be rolled out at the outset of a new Republican presidency. It includes legislative proposals, the revocation of existing laws, and restructuring of government agencies. Despite Trump’s distancing, his name appears over 300 times in the document.
The agenda proposes several key actions:
- Reform the Department of Justice and FBI, criticizing the former as a “bloated bureaucracy” promoting a “radical liberal agenda.”
- Reinstate Schedule F, a Trump-era executive order for reclassifying and potentially replacing numerous federal employees.
- Disband the Department of Education.
- Close the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.
- Enforce strict abortion access limits, including reversing approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.
- Fund further construction of border wall systems.
- Outlaw pornography, with penalties for its production and distribution.
- Promote “Sabbath Rest” by amending labor laws for increased pay on these days.
- Encourage “biblically based, social science reinforced” heterosexual marriages through federal promotion.
- Direct the Health and Human Services secretary to reverse the Biden Administration’s focus on LGBTQ+ equity and support for single motherhood.
- Remove references to sexual orientation, gender identity, diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender equality from federal regulations and legislation.
- Revitalize Trump’s plan to open Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve to leasing and development.
Background on the Heritage Foundation
Established in 1973, the Heritage Foundation is recognized as a leading public policy organization in the U.S., having advised past administrations, including those of George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Many contributors to Project 2025 have connections to the Trump administration, including Paul Dans, former chief of staff at the Office of Personnel Management, alongside associate directors Spencer Chretien and Troup Hemenway.
Among the 34 authors and two editors of Project 2025, at least 25 have served in some capacity under Trump, with several holding senior roles in his administration.
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