First Project 2017, Now Project 2025

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Do you keep in mind how Donald Trump claimed that he’d by no means even heard of Challenge 2025? Do you keep in mind how loudly and vehemently he denied the accusations, pretending that they had been utterly ridiculous and that they had been full fabrications and false assaults?

I do.

I keep in mind writing how we knew Trump’s dedication to Challenge 2025 as a result of he’d already carried the right-wing’s water as soon as with Challenge 2017 and its proposals to repeal Obamacare, reduce the Momentary Help for Needy Households (TANF) Program, get rid of scholar debt forgiveness, reduce catastrophe aid funding, get rid of the Social Safety Belief Fund and extra whereas creating new tax cuts for the wealthy. I wrote how Trump had applied greater than 60% of its suggestions throughout his first yr in workplace and the way we may anticipate the identical with Challenge 2025.

Nicely, right here we’re. It’s only a month into the brand new Trump administration and he’s already applied a 3rd of Challenge 2025.

Trump’s orders to drag out of the Paris Local weather Accords, get rid of our inexperienced power and drill within the Alaskan wilderness had been all Challenge 2025 suggestions. His assaults on federal staff are straight out of the Challenge 2025 playbook. Leaving the World Well being Group and chopping USAID had been Challenge 2025 proposals earlier than they had been Trump headlines. Challenge 2025 argued for utilizing America’s navy as an anti-immigration drive, and on his first day, Trump signed an government order to deploy the Nationwide Guard on the southern border and suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

Senate Democrats Hold Press Conference On Project 2025 Policy Agenda

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From attacking variety packages to ignoring federal judges, Trump’s dedication to the Challenge 2025 agenda is so full, he’s even appointed two of its high authors, Russell Vought and Brendan Carr, to run the Workplace of Administration and Funds and the Federal Communications Fee.

A lot for “I by no means learn it” and “I don’t know who’s behind it.”

So, what’s subsequent? Nicely, Challenge 2025 requires eliminating FEMA, bypassing Congress, filling the FBI with brokers loyal to Trump as an alternative of the Structure and invoking martial legislation. That being mentioned, Challenge 2025 doesn’t have any actual technique to curb inflation, increase wages or decrease the price of groceries. Possibly that explains why the worth of eggs retains going up however Trump hasn’t finished something about it. It’s simply not within the script.

Antjuan Seawright is a Democratic political strategist, founder and CEO of Blueprint Technique LLC and a senior visiting fellow at Third Approach. Observe him on X, previously generally known as Twitter @antjuansea.