Trump 2.0 Isn't Chaotic - It's Project 2025'S Playbook

(MENAFN- Asia Times) In his first few days back in office, President Donald trump engaged in a whirlwind of executive actions, from exiting the World health Organization , to deploying military personnel and National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border.

Many of these actions are unprecedented. Some appear to be illegal and unconstitutional, according to legal experts and judges . But none of them should come as a surprise – nearly all of them were outlined in 2022 in a plan called Project 2025 .

Project 2025 is a multifaceted strategy to advance conservative policies in the federal government. Part of this effort revolves around the“Mandate for Leadership,” a 922-page document published in April 2023 that outlines a slew of proposed governmental policy changes.

The Heritage Foundation , a conservative think tank and advocacy group , organized the collaborative effort. A long list of other right-leaning research organizations and interest groups , like Moms for Liberty and Turning Point USA, also participated in Project 2025.

A Heritage Foundation representative attends a Moms for Liberty National Summit in Washington on Aug. 30, 2024. Photo: Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images / The Conversation

In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, Project 2025 participants wrote on the plan's website that“to rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left,” they would“need both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on day one of the next conservative administration.”

In my research on think tanks , I've investigated how these research organizations can influence public policymaking. The most potent strategy is to ally with a political party and support its objectives through research and advocacy. This is exactly what the Heritage Foundation has done via Project 2025.

Even though Trump said during his 2024 campaign that he was not affiliated with the project , evidence of Project 2025's agenda can be seen throughout the beginning of his second term – as well as in his first administration .

For example, on January 20, 2025, Trump echoed the plan's statement that“men and women are biological realities” when he signed an executive order that, in part, recognizes“two sexes, male and female” that are“not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.” This order led to the removal of transgender references from government websites.

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