Black Men Read "Project 2025" And Share Their Unfiltered Reactions
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i love this.
i try to remember that the voices of the ignorant brothers among us are being amplified by America's racist factions beyond their true number, and that the vast majority of us are not falling for the bullshit. but goddamn do coons make it difficult.
i try to remember that the voices of the ignorant brothers among us are being amplified by America's racist factions beyond their true number, and that the vast majority of us are not falling for the bullshit. but goddamn do coons make it difficult.
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Project 2025 would upend Black Americans’ lives: Analysis
Kristen Eichamer holds a Project 2025 fan in the group's tent at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump. The Project 2025 effort is being led by the Heritage Foundation think tank. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press file
Kristen Eichamer holds a Project 2025 fan in the group’s tent at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.
A new report lays out a multitude of ways in which the conservative Project 2025 plan could negatively impact Black Americans.
In the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Thurgood Marshall Institute’s report, titled “Attack on Our Power and Dignity: What Project 2025 Means for Black Communities,” advocates and lawyers highlight how the Heritage Foundation’s controversial plan would jeopardize housing for millions of Black low-income families, reduce Black students’ access to quality public education and eliminate environmental protections that are especially important in predominantly Black communities.
“Our democracy stands at a crossroads: a path of infinite promise towards a more inclusive, equitable, and durable democracy on the one hand, and one of immeasurable and, potentially, irretrievable demise on the other,” Janai Nelson, LDF’s president and director-counsel, said in a statement. “The assault on Black communities envisioned by Project 2025 will almost certainly condemn us to demise.”
The report argues that Project 2025 will dismantle “essential agencies and regulations” that protect civil rights, many of which ensure racial equity.
It points to Project 2025’s goal to eliminate federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs. Doing so, the report says, could exacerbate the fact that Black federal workers are still less likely to hold senior positions than they are in the private sector.
The conservative agenda would also affect the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the report says, by directing the office to limit its investigations of alleged race and gender discrimination despite being the most common complaints.
“Project 2025 will turn civil rights enforcement on its head by targeting programs designed to increase equal opportunity,” the report states.
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The report comes as early voting has begun in some states, and as both Vice President Harris and former President Trump battle over Black voters.
Project 2025 has become a major campaigning point for Democrats, with many warning voters that the plan could upend their lives. They have also accused Trump of having a hand in the creation of the project, though Trump has denied such allegations.
But six of his former Cabinet secretaries contributed to the 900-page book, while another four were ambassadors he nominated. His first deputy chief of staff has also been credited as a writer.
Still, the argument over Project 2025 may not have as much impact as Democrats hope.
According to recent research, while 56 percent of surveyed Black Americans opposed Project 2025, 46 percent had heard only a little or even nothing about it.
But Black leaders are adamant about informing the community what is at stake if Project 2025 were implemented.
“Attacks on the civil rights of Black and other marginalized communities weaken the fabric of our democracy and move us away from the fulfillment of our nation’s ideals,” the report states. “At this critical moment, when Project 2025 aims to reverse civil rights protections for Black people and concentrate power in the hands of the privileged few to the detriment of our democracy as a whole, all communities must come together to fight for truth, justice, and equality as the cornerstones of our shared future.”
Nah, you got us confused with the welfare mentality having non white folks who think the only way to get anywhere is by acting as unfairly as the white people whose actions we have protested against. Easy mistake to make, as your training tells you to do so.
Wow….
Apropos.
There were slave owners that told their slaves that Union soldiers were coming to enslave them. And some of those slaves moved West. Not every slave believed their slave master’s rhetoric.
When you see these folks, you see the depravity of the oppressor. He’s made my brothers believe the poison is the antidote and the antidote is poisonous.
Project 2025
No vaccine mandates..
No bullying into being medically raped .
Sheeet it's all good ..
Now if it has vaccine mandates..
Fuck dat shit!!!!
Blow it up!!!
No vaccine mandates..
No bullying into being medically raped .
Sheeet it's all good ..
Now if it has vaccine mandates..
Fuck dat shit!!!!
Blow it up!!!
The alarming new power Trump will claim in a second term
Judd Legum
Jul 9
Donald Trump says that if he returns to the White House in 2025, he will have the power to effectively cancel any federal program — or even an entire agency — by refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress.
Trump made the extraordinary announcement on the policy section of his presidential campaign website, Agenda47. In a video, Trump says that the president has "the Constitutional power to stop unnecessary spending through what is known as Impoundment."
According to Trump, if Congress appropriates money that he decides is unnecessary, he has the authority to "refuse to waste the extra funds." This is known as "impoundment."
The last president to claim the authority to impound Congressionally-appropriated funds was former President Richard Nixon. In the 1970s, Nixon unilaterally canceled billions in spending "for highways, water pollution, environmental assistance, drug rehabilitation, public housing, and disaster relief." Nixon's impoundment of Congressionally-appropriated funds was challenged frequently — and often successfully — in court.
But, to remove any doubt, Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which prohibits the president from impounding funds without Congressional approval. The Impoundment Control Act is consistent with the Justice Department’s views of presidential impoundment under Nixon and former President Ronald Reagan. In 1969, then-Assistant Attorney General (and future Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) William Rehnquist wrote that "the suggestion that the President has a constitutional power to decline to spend appropriated funds" is "supported by neither reason nor precedent." In 1988, then-Assistant Attorney General Charles Cooper declared that "[t]here is no textual source in the Constitution for any inherent authority to impound." Cooper noted the president is obligated to "faithfully execute" the law, not ignore it.
Trump, however, has decided that the Impoundment Control Act is unconstitutional and has pledged to challenge it in court. Trump says he will use his self-proclaimed impoundment authority on "Day One" and order "federal agencies to identify portions of their budgets where massive savings are possible through the Impoundment Power." Trump says he will use impeachment to "crush the Deep State."
In his statement, Trump claims that "[l]eading constitutional scholars agree that impoundment is an inherent power of the president." None of those scholars are named.
The implications of Trump's claimed authority are enormous. For example, Trump has said he wants to "abolish the Department of Education." It would be extremely difficult to get Congress, even if it were under full Republican control, to approve such a deeply unpopular plan. Now, Trump is claiming the power to eliminate the Department of Education unilaterally by cutting off its funding.
Trump is also reportedly considering using impoundment to eliminate "green energy subsidies approved by President Biden as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and funding for the World Health Organization."
How Trump violated the Impoundment Control Act in his first term
In 2019, the Trump administration withheld "$214 million appropriated to DOD for security assistance to Ukraine." Trump was impeached for this decision after it was revealed that the delay in distributing funds was part of an effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his family.
In 2020, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that Trump violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding the appropriate funds. "Faithful execution of the law does not permit the President to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law," the GAO said.
The Project 2025 connection
Reviving presidential impoundment is a priority of Russ Vought, Trump's director of the Office of Management and Budget. The day before Trump left office, Vought wrote a letter to Congress claiming the Impoundment Control Act "is an albatross around a President's neck, disincentivizing the prudent stewardship of taxpayer money and inviting detractors in Congress to second-guess complex program implementation decisions."
Vought is a key author of Project 2025, the radical blueprint for a second Trump administration. He wrote Project 2025's chapter on the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Vought is also spearheading Project 2025's 180-day "playbook" for Trump — a document that will not be released publicly. If Trump wins another term, Vought is considered a top candidate to be the next White House Chief of Staff.
A self-described Christian nationalist, Vought currently leads the Center for Renewing America (CRA). On June 24, CRA produced a lengthy white paper promoting impoundment. The paper claims that laws passed by Congress create "a ceiling on Executive spending, not a floor" and that Congress cannot "compel the President to expend the full amount of an appropriation."
Vought favors circumventing Congress to impose a far-right ideological agenda. "What we’re trying to do is identify the pockets of independence and seize them," Vought told the New York Times.
Vought says that Trump is being open about his plans for impoundment and other unilateral executive actions "to later be able to claim a mandate." But, even though Trump first announced his views on impoundment a year ago, it's unlikely many voters know about the issue or its implications. The issue has received scant coverage in major media outlets.
Judd Legum
Jul 9
Donald Trump says that if he returns to the White House in 2025, he will have the power to effectively cancel any federal program — or even an entire agency — by refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress.
Trump made the extraordinary announcement on the policy section of his presidential campaign website, Agenda47. In a video, Trump says that the president has "the Constitutional power to stop unnecessary spending through what is known as Impoundment."
According to Trump, if Congress appropriates money that he decides is unnecessary, he has the authority to "refuse to waste the extra funds." This is known as "impoundment."
The last president to claim the authority to impound Congressionally-appropriated funds was former President Richard Nixon. In the 1970s, Nixon unilaterally canceled billions in spending "for highways, water pollution, environmental assistance, drug rehabilitation, public housing, and disaster relief." Nixon's impoundment of Congressionally-appropriated funds was challenged frequently — and often successfully — in court.
But, to remove any doubt, Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which prohibits the president from impounding funds without Congressional approval. The Impoundment Control Act is consistent with the Justice Department’s views of presidential impoundment under Nixon and former President Ronald Reagan. In 1969, then-Assistant Attorney General (and future Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) William Rehnquist wrote that "the suggestion that the President has a constitutional power to decline to spend appropriated funds" is "supported by neither reason nor precedent." In 1988, then-Assistant Attorney General Charles Cooper declared that "[t]here is no textual source in the Constitution for any inherent authority to impound." Cooper noted the president is obligated to "faithfully execute" the law, not ignore it.
Trump, however, has decided that the Impoundment Control Act is unconstitutional and has pledged to challenge it in court. Trump says he will use his self-proclaimed impoundment authority on "Day One" and order "federal agencies to identify portions of their budgets where massive savings are possible through the Impoundment Power." Trump says he will use impeachment to "crush the Deep State."
In his statement, Trump claims that "[l]eading constitutional scholars agree that impoundment is an inherent power of the president." None of those scholars are named.
The implications of Trump's claimed authority are enormous. For example, Trump has said he wants to "abolish the Department of Education." It would be extremely difficult to get Congress, even if it were under full Republican control, to approve such a deeply unpopular plan. Now, Trump is claiming the power to eliminate the Department of Education unilaterally by cutting off its funding.
Trump is also reportedly considering using impoundment to eliminate "green energy subsidies approved by President Biden as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and funding for the World Health Organization."
How Trump violated the Impoundment Control Act in his first term
In 2019, the Trump administration withheld "$214 million appropriated to DOD for security assistance to Ukraine." Trump was impeached for this decision after it was revealed that the delay in distributing funds was part of an effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his family.
In 2020, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that Trump violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding the appropriate funds. "Faithful execution of the law does not permit the President to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law," the GAO said.
The Project 2025 connection
Reviving presidential impoundment is a priority of Russ Vought, Trump's director of the Office of Management and Budget. The day before Trump left office, Vought wrote a letter to Congress claiming the Impoundment Control Act "is an albatross around a President's neck, disincentivizing the prudent stewardship of taxpayer money and inviting detractors in Congress to second-guess complex program implementation decisions."
Vought is a key author of Project 2025, the radical blueprint for a second Trump administration. He wrote Project 2025's chapter on the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Vought is also spearheading Project 2025's 180-day "playbook" for Trump — a document that will not be released publicly. If Trump wins another term, Vought is considered a top candidate to be the next White House Chief of Staff.
A self-described Christian nationalist, Vought currently leads the Center for Renewing America (CRA). On June 24, CRA produced a lengthy white paper promoting impoundment. The paper claims that laws passed by Congress create "a ceiling on Executive spending, not a floor" and that Congress cannot "compel the President to expend the full amount of an appropriation."
Vought favors circumventing Congress to impose a far-right ideological agenda. "What we’re trying to do is identify the pockets of independence and seize them," Vought told the New York Times.
Vought says that Trump is being open about his plans for impoundment and other unilateral executive actions "to later be able to claim a mandate." But, even though Trump first announced his views on impoundment a year ago, it's unlikely many voters know about the issue or its implications. The issue has received scant coverage in major media outlets.
What Trump doesn't want you to know about Project 2025
Judd Legum
Jul 8
Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Trump administration, spearheaded by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. The plan calls for withdrawing approval for the abortion pill, banning pornography, slashing corporate taxes, abolishing the Department of Education, replacing thousands of experienced federal workers with political appointees, imposing a "biblically based… definition of marriage and families," and placing the Justice Department and other independent agencies under the direct control of the president.
These and other provisions of Project 2025 are quite unpopular. As Project 2025 has gained notoriety — thanks to actor Taraji P. Henson and others — Trump has sought to distance himself from the effort. On July 5, Trump posted on Truth Social that he knows "nothing about Project 2025," has "no idea who is behind it," and has "nothing to do with them."
This is false.
The co-editors of Project 2025, Paul Dans and Steven Groves, both held high-ranking positions in the Trump administration. Under Trump, Dans served as Chief of Staff at the Office of Personnel Management, the agency responsible for staffing the federal government, and was a senior advisor at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Groves served Trump in the White House as Deputy Press Secretary and Assistant Special Counsel.
Project 2025's two associate directors, Spencer Chretien and Troup Hemenway, are also tightly connected with Trump. Chretien was Special Assistant to President Donald J. Trump and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel, "helping to identify, recruit, and place hundreds of political appointees at all levels of government." Previously, Trump appointed Chretien to a position at HUD. Hemenway also served as an Associate Director of Presidential Personnel and previously worked on Trump's 2016 campaign and Trump's 2016 transition team.
Project 2025's 922-page policy agenda has 30 chapters and 34 authors. Twenty-five of Project 2025's authors served as members of the Trump administration. Another Project 2025 author, Stephen Moore, was nominated by Trump to the Federal Reserve but forced to withdraw "over his past inflammatory writings about women." Further, William Walton, the co-author of the chapter on the Department of the Treasury, was a key member of Trump's transition team.
All told, of the 38 people responsible for writing and editing Project 2025, 31 were appointed or nominated to positions in the Trump administration and transition. In other words, while Trump claims he has "nothing to do" with the people who created Project 2025, over 81% had formal roles in his first administration.
The chapter on the Executive Office of the President of the United States, for example, is written by Russ Vought. As president, Trump appointed Vought to his Cabinet as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. In that role, Vought authorized the rerouting of billions from the Pentagon to fund Trump's border wall. In his Project 2025 chapter, Vought — a "self-described Christian nationalist" — calls for the abolishment of the Gender Policy Council, an entity focused on "economic security, health, gender-based violence and education—with a focus on gender equity and equality, and particular attention to the barriers faced by women and girls." Vought is also drafting Project 2025's "playbook" for the first 180 days of a Trump administration, which will not be shared publicly.
Trump appeared at a Mar-a-lago fundraiser for Vought's non-profit group, Center for Renewing America, in August 2022, and declared that Vought would “do a great job in continuing our quest to make America great again.” In addition to his key role in Project 2025, Vought is the policy director Republican National Committee's platform writing committee and a top candidate for White House Chief of Staff if Trump wins in November.
Gene Hamilton, a top aide to Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions, wrote the Project 2025 chapter on the Department of Justice. During the Trump administration, Hamilton drafted Trump's infamous child separation policy. Hamilton currently serves as Vice-President and General Counsel of America First Legal Foundation, an organization run by top Trump advisor Stephen Miller.
In Hamilton's Project 2025 chapter, he advocates for the deployment of active-duty military to the southern border. Hamilton also calls for an elimination of the Department of Justice's independence from the White House, saying a new Trump administration should "end immediately any policies, investigations, or cases that run contrary to law or Administration policies." (This would presumably include any cases against Trump himself.) He also proposes using the Office of Civil Rights exclusively to prosecute "state and local governments, institutions of higher education, corporations, and any other private employers" who have diversity initiatives.
The Project 2025 chapter on the Agency for International Development was written by Max Primorac, the acting Chief Operating Officer for the same agency under the Trump administration. During a 2019 State Department conference on religious freedom, Primorac generated controversy by promoting Trump's reelection. After Trump lost to Biden in November 2020, Primorac told agency staff not to cooperate with the transition.
In his Project 2025 chapter, Primorac argues against providing international aid to combat hunger and starvation. Primorac says the key to ending poverty is encouraging more oil and gas production. He advocates renaming "the USAID Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) as the USAID Office of Women, Children, and Families" and putting an "unapologetically pro-life politically appointed Senior Coordinator" in charge of the office.
Here is the complete list of the 31 authors and editors of Project 2025 that have formal connections to the Trump administration.
Top members of Trump's 2024 campaign are involved in Project 2025
In addition to a detailed policy agenda, Project 2025 also involves the training and recruitment of political appointees for a potential second Trump administration. One key component of this effort is the "Presidential Administration Academy," which Heritage bills as "a one-of-a-kind educational and skill-building program designed to prepare and equip future political appointees now to be ready on Day One of the next conservative Administration."
Among the program instructors is Karoline Leavitt, the national press secretary for the 2024 Trump campaign and an assistant press secretary during the Trump administration. Leavitt co-teaches a video course on "The Art of Professionalism." She also appears in a promotional video for the academy.
Also appearing in the video is top Trump advisor Stephen Miller. Despite his role in the academy, Miller claims he has "never been involved with Project 2025." Miller's organization, America First Legal, is a member of the Project 2025 advisory board.
The history of Heritage's influence with Trump
Trump's claim that he has "nothing to do" with the people behind Project 2025 is clearly false. But is it possible that Trump will simply ignore Project 2025's recommendations? History tells us that is unlikely.
Prior to the 2016 election, the Heritage Foundation created a similar project called "Mandate for Leadership." The "Mandate for Leadership" contained "334 unique policy recommendations." One year into Trump's term, the Heritage Foundation announced that "64 percent of the policy prescriptions were included in Trump’s budget, implemented through regulatory guidance, or under consideration for action in accordance with The Heritage Foundation’s original proposals."
Seventy Heritage Foundation employees had already joined the administration, and other Heritage officials "briefed administration officials on the recommendations, provided additional insight and information, and advocated for reform."
In October 2017, Trump was the keynote speaker at a Heritage Foundation event, where he praised the organization as "titans in the fight to defend, promote, and preserve our great American heritage." He credited the organization with helping him confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch and "ending the war on beautiful coal." Trump said that he needed "the help of the Heritage Foundation" to advance other priorities, including large tax cuts. He concluded by expressing his "gratitude" to "the dedicated scholars and staff at the Heritage Foundation."
Now, in an effort to win the White House a second time, Trump is playing dumb.
Judd Legum
Jul 8
Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Trump administration, spearheaded by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. The plan calls for withdrawing approval for the abortion pill, banning pornography, slashing corporate taxes, abolishing the Department of Education, replacing thousands of experienced federal workers with political appointees, imposing a "biblically based… definition of marriage and families," and placing the Justice Department and other independent agencies under the direct control of the president.
These and other provisions of Project 2025 are quite unpopular. As Project 2025 has gained notoriety — thanks to actor Taraji P. Henson and others — Trump has sought to distance himself from the effort. On July 5, Trump posted on Truth Social that he knows "nothing about Project 2025," has "no idea who is behind it," and has "nothing to do with them."
This is false.
The co-editors of Project 2025, Paul Dans and Steven Groves, both held high-ranking positions in the Trump administration. Under Trump, Dans served as Chief of Staff at the Office of Personnel Management, the agency responsible for staffing the federal government, and was a senior advisor at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Groves served Trump in the White House as Deputy Press Secretary and Assistant Special Counsel.
Project 2025's two associate directors, Spencer Chretien and Troup Hemenway, are also tightly connected with Trump. Chretien was Special Assistant to President Donald J. Trump and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel, "helping to identify, recruit, and place hundreds of political appointees at all levels of government." Previously, Trump appointed Chretien to a position at HUD. Hemenway also served as an Associate Director of Presidential Personnel and previously worked on Trump's 2016 campaign and Trump's 2016 transition team.
Project 2025's 922-page policy agenda has 30 chapters and 34 authors. Twenty-five of Project 2025's authors served as members of the Trump administration. Another Project 2025 author, Stephen Moore, was nominated by Trump to the Federal Reserve but forced to withdraw "over his past inflammatory writings about women." Further, William Walton, the co-author of the chapter on the Department of the Treasury, was a key member of Trump's transition team.
All told, of the 38 people responsible for writing and editing Project 2025, 31 were appointed or nominated to positions in the Trump administration and transition. In other words, while Trump claims he has "nothing to do" with the people who created Project 2025, over 81% had formal roles in his first administration.
The chapter on the Executive Office of the President of the United States, for example, is written by Russ Vought. As president, Trump appointed Vought to his Cabinet as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. In that role, Vought authorized the rerouting of billions from the Pentagon to fund Trump's border wall. In his Project 2025 chapter, Vought — a "self-described Christian nationalist" — calls for the abolishment of the Gender Policy Council, an entity focused on "economic security, health, gender-based violence and education—with a focus on gender equity and equality, and particular attention to the barriers faced by women and girls." Vought is also drafting Project 2025's "playbook" for the first 180 days of a Trump administration, which will not be shared publicly.
Trump appeared at a Mar-a-lago fundraiser for Vought's non-profit group, Center for Renewing America, in August 2022, and declared that Vought would “do a great job in continuing our quest to make America great again.” In addition to his key role in Project 2025, Vought is the policy director Republican National Committee's platform writing committee and a top candidate for White House Chief of Staff if Trump wins in November.
Gene Hamilton, a top aide to Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions, wrote the Project 2025 chapter on the Department of Justice. During the Trump administration, Hamilton drafted Trump's infamous child separation policy. Hamilton currently serves as Vice-President and General Counsel of America First Legal Foundation, an organization run by top Trump advisor Stephen Miller.
In Hamilton's Project 2025 chapter, he advocates for the deployment of active-duty military to the southern border. Hamilton also calls for an elimination of the Department of Justice's independence from the White House, saying a new Trump administration should "end immediately any policies, investigations, or cases that run contrary to law or Administration policies." (This would presumably include any cases against Trump himself.) He also proposes using the Office of Civil Rights exclusively to prosecute "state and local governments, institutions of higher education, corporations, and any other private employers" who have diversity initiatives.
The Project 2025 chapter on the Agency for International Development was written by Max Primorac, the acting Chief Operating Officer for the same agency under the Trump administration. During a 2019 State Department conference on religious freedom, Primorac generated controversy by promoting Trump's reelection. After Trump lost to Biden in November 2020, Primorac told agency staff not to cooperate with the transition.
In his Project 2025 chapter, Primorac argues against providing international aid to combat hunger and starvation. Primorac says the key to ending poverty is encouraging more oil and gas production. He advocates renaming "the USAID Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) as the USAID Office of Women, Children, and Families" and putting an "unapologetically pro-life politically appointed Senior Coordinator" in charge of the office.
Here is the complete list of the 31 authors and editors of Project 2025 that have formal connections to the Trump administration.
Top members of Trump's 2024 campaign are involved in Project 2025
In addition to a detailed policy agenda, Project 2025 also involves the training and recruitment of political appointees for a potential second Trump administration. One key component of this effort is the "Presidential Administration Academy," which Heritage bills as "a one-of-a-kind educational and skill-building program designed to prepare and equip future political appointees now to be ready on Day One of the next conservative Administration."
Among the program instructors is Karoline Leavitt, the national press secretary for the 2024 Trump campaign and an assistant press secretary during the Trump administration. Leavitt co-teaches a video course on "The Art of Professionalism." She also appears in a promotional video for the academy.
Also appearing in the video is top Trump advisor Stephen Miller. Despite his role in the academy, Miller claims he has "never been involved with Project 2025." Miller's organization, America First Legal, is a member of the Project 2025 advisory board.
The history of Heritage's influence with Trump
Trump's claim that he has "nothing to do" with the people behind Project 2025 is clearly false. But is it possible that Trump will simply ignore Project 2025's recommendations? History tells us that is unlikely.
Prior to the 2016 election, the Heritage Foundation created a similar project called "Mandate for Leadership." The "Mandate for Leadership" contained "334 unique policy recommendations." One year into Trump's term, the Heritage Foundation announced that "64 percent of the policy prescriptions were included in Trump’s budget, implemented through regulatory guidance, or under consideration for action in accordance with The Heritage Foundation’s original proposals."
Seventy Heritage Foundation employees had already joined the administration, and other Heritage officials "briefed administration officials on the recommendations, provided additional insight and information, and advocated for reform."
In October 2017, Trump was the keynote speaker at a Heritage Foundation event, where he praised the organization as "titans in the fight to defend, promote, and preserve our great American heritage." He credited the organization with helping him confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch and "ending the war on beautiful coal." Trump said that he needed "the help of the Heritage Foundation" to advance other priorities, including large tax cuts. He concluded by expressing his "gratitude" to "the dedicated scholars and staff at the Heritage Foundation."
Now, in an effort to win the White House a second time, Trump is playing dumb.
Whelp they gonna see.