It has been decried as “hellishly authoritarian” by critics for proposals such as dismantling the US Department of Education and replacing thousands of non-partisan federal employees with political appointees aligned with Trump’s policies.
Project 2025 was developed by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank headed by key staffers from the previous Trump administration. It has an advisory board of more than 100 conservative groups.
The Heritage Foundation previously created a ‘Mandate for Leadership’ in 2015, and boasts that Trump instituted more than half of its policy recommendations within the first two years of his presidency.
These ranged from the US leaving the Paris Agreement on climate to increased military spending.
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