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Posted on: March 12, 2025 at 22:13:33 CT
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As of March 12, 2025, President Donald Trump has implemented several elements of Project 2025, a comprehensive policy blueprint crafted by the Heritage Foundation and other conservative groups to reshape the federal government under a Republican administration. While Trump distanced himself from the project during his 2024 campaign, claiming he had not read it and disagreed with some aspects, analyses from multiple sources—including TIME, POLITICO, CNN, and CBS News—indicate significant overlap between his early second-term actions and Project 2025’s proposals. Below is a breakdown of key elements Trump has carried out, based on executive orders and policy moves reported up to this date.
Government Restructuring and Staffing
Reinstatement of Schedule F: Project 2025 calls for reinstating Schedule F, a Trump-era policy from October 2020 that reclassifies many federal employees as at-will workers, making them easier to fire and replace with political appointees. On January 20, 2025, Trump signed an executive order reinstating Schedule F with full force, adding language requiring employees to “faithfully implement administration policies” or face termination. This aligns with the project’s goal of increasing presidential control over the bureaucracy and reducing the power of career civil servants, whom proponents like Russ Vought, Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director and a Project 2025 contributor, call the “fourth branch of government.”
Federal Hiring Freeze: Project 2025 advocates shrinking the federal workforce, and Trump implemented a hiring freeze for civilian federal employees via executive order in his first week. This mirrors the project’s push to streamline government functions and reduce regulatory agencies’ scope, though it stops short of eliminating entire departments as some Project 2025 proposals suggest (e.g., the Departments of Education and Homeland Security).
Elimination of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Programs: The project recommends dismantling DEI initiatives across government, viewing them as discriminatory or ideologically driven. Trump signed multiple executive orders in January 2025 rescinding Biden-era DEI policies, including a landmark 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson order mandating affirmative action for federal contractors. This also eliminated the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), a move explicitly proposed by Jonathan Berry, a Project 2025 contributor and Trump’s 2016 transition counsel.
Social Policy and Culture War Issues
Transgender Military Ban: Project 2025 urges the military to recognize only “biological realities” of male and female sexes and eliminate policies conflating gender identity with sex. On January 20, 2025, Trump signed an executive order reversing Biden-era protections, reinstating a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military—a policy he first enacted in his initial term. The order also declared “two sexes, male and female” as unchangeable, echoing Project 2025’s language nearly verbatim.
Removal of Gender Ideology: Beyond the military, Trump’s orders have scrubbed transgender references from government websites and policies, aligning with the project’s recommendation that agencies like Health and Human Services (HHS) “never conflate sex with gender identity” in anti-discrimination statements. This reflects a broader rollback of what Trump and Project 2025 frame as “woke” policies.
Immigration and Border Security
Military Deployment to the Border: Project 2025 proposes using active-duty military and National Guard personnel for arrest operations at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump’s day-one executive order on January 20, 2025, deployed troops, including the National Guard, to the southern border, matching this recommendation. This builds on his campaign promises and the project’s emphasis on aggressive immigration enforcement.
Sanctuary Cities Funding Cuts: The project suggests financial disincentives for “sanctuary cities” that protect undocumented immigrants. Trump signed executive orders in early 2025 directing the government to block federal funding to such areas, closely tracking this proposal.
Energy and Environmental Policy
Repeal of Electric Vehicle (EV) and Wind Energy Policies: Project 2025 calls for eliminating Biden’s “electric vehicle mandate” and halting offshore wind energy development, which it claims restricts commercial ocean activities. Trump’s day-one orders paused offshore wind leasing in federal waters and reversed EV promotion policies, fulfilling these exact recommendations.
Expansion of Oil and Gas Drilling: The project advocates boosting oil, gas, and rare earth production, particularly in Alaska, for national energy security. Trump’s early actions loosened environmental regulations to expand drilling, aligning with this priority, though specific Alaskan projects weren’t detailed in initial reports.
International Engagement
Withdrawal from Global Agreements: Project 2025 explicitly recommends exiting the Paris Climate Agreement and criticizes the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as overreaching. On January 20, 2025, Trump ordered the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and WHO, and while he initially seemed to target the OECD, later clarifications corrected this to the global corporate minimum tax deal under OECD auspices. These moves reflect the project’s push to end “blind support” for international organizations.
Areas of Divergence
While Trump has implemented much of Project 2025, he has deviated on some points:
Abortion Pills: The project proposes revoking approval of mifepristone and restricting abortion access via the Comstock Act. Trump has not acted on this as of March 12, 2025, and previously told CBS News pre-election that mifepristone would remain available. His HHS nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said only that he’d study its safety, per Trump’s direction.
TikTok Ban: Project 2025 frames TikTok as a national security threat and urges a ban. Trump, however, paused a ban via executive order in January 2025, contradicting this stance after suggesting post-election he was “very unlikely” to restrict it.
Many of Trump’s appointees—Russ Vought (OMB), Brendan Carr (FCC), Tom Homan (border czar), and John Ratcliffe (CIA)—authored or contributed to Project 2025, reinforcing its influence. Despite Trump’s campaign disavowals, the project’s architects, like Paul Dans, have hailed his actions as “home runs,” suggesting a de facto adoption of their roadmap. Critics argue this reflects a bait-and-switch, given Trump’s public distancing, while supporters frame it as fulfilling his mandate to shrink government and prioritize conservative values.
In summary, Trump has carried out substantial elements of Project 2025, particularly in government restructuring, social policy, immigration, and energy, though he’s selectively avoided some contentious social issues like abortion restrictions. His administration’s trajectory suggests continued alignment, tempered by political pragmatism and legal challenges already emerging against moves like DOGE’s aggressive cuts (see my prior response on DOGE for details).
Is what Musk’s AI is generating accurate?
As of March 12, 2025, President Donald Trump has implemented several elements of Project 2025, a comprehensive policy blueprint crafted by the Heritage Foundation and other conservative groups to reshape the federal government under a Republican administration. While Trump distanced himself from the project during his 2024 campaign, claiming he had not read it and disagreed with some aspects, analyses from multiple sources—including TIME, POLITICO, CNN, and CBS News—indicate significant overlap between his early second-term actions and Project 2025’s proposals. Below is a breakdown of key elements Trump has carried out, based on executive orders and policy moves reported up to this date.
Government Restructuring and Staffing
Reinstatement of Schedule F: Project 2025 calls for reinstating Schedule F, a Trump-era policy from October 2020 that reclassifies many federal employees as at-will workers, making them easier to fire and replace with political appointees. On January 20, 2025, Trump signed an executive order reinstating Schedule F with full force, adding language requiring employees to “faithfully implement administration policies” or face termination. This aligns with the project’s goal of increasing presidential control over the bureaucracy and reducing the power of career civil servants, whom proponents like Russ Vought, Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director and a Project 2025 contributor, call the “fourth branch of government.”
Federal Hiring Freeze: Project 2025 advocates shrinking the federal workforce, and Trump implemented a hiring freeze for civilian federal employees via executive order in his first week. This mirrors the project’s push to streamline government functions and reduce regulatory agencies’ scope, though it stops short of eliminating entire departments as some Project 2025 proposals suggest (e.g., the Departments of Education and Homeland Security).
Elimination of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Programs: The project recommends dismantling DEI initiatives across government, viewing them as discriminatory or ideologically driven. Trump signed multiple executive orders in January 2025 rescinding Biden-era DEI policies, including a landmark 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson order mandating affirmative action for federal contractors. This also eliminated the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), a move explicitly proposed by Jonathan Berry, a Project 2025 contributor and Trump’s 2016 transition counsel.
Social Policy and Culture War Issues
Transgender Military Ban: Project 2025 urges the military to recognize only “biological realities” of male and female sexes and eliminate policies conflating gender identity with sex. On January 20, 2025, Trump signed an executive order reversing Biden-era protections, reinstating a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military—a policy he first enacted in his initial term. The order also declared “two sexes, male and female” as unchangeable, echoing Project 2025’s language nearly verbatim.
Removal of Gender Ideology: Beyond the military, Trump’s orders have scrubbed transgender references from government websites and policies, aligning with the project’s recommendation that agencies like Health and Human Services (HHS) “never conflate sex with gender identity” in anti-discrimination statements. This reflects a broader rollback of what Trump and Project 2025 frame as “woke” policies.
Immigration and Border Security
Military Deployment to the Border: Project 2025 proposes using active-duty military and National Guard personnel for arrest operations at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump’s day-one executive order on January 20, 2025, deployed troops, including the National Guard, to the southern border, matching this recommendation. This builds on his campaign promises and the project’s emphasis on aggressive immigration enforcement.
Sanctuary Cities Funding Cuts: The project suggests financial disincentives for “sanctuary cities” that protect undocumented immigrants. Trump signed executive orders in early 2025 directing the government to block federal funding to such areas, closely tracking this proposal.
Energy and Environmental Policy
Repeal of Electric Vehicle (EV) and Wind Energy Policies: Project 2025 calls for eliminating Biden’s “electric vehicle mandate” and halting offshore wind energy development, which it claims restricts commercial ocean activities. Trump’s day-one orders paused offshore wind leasing in federal waters and reversed EV promotion policies, fulfilling these exact recommendations.
Expansion of Oil and Gas Drilling: The project advocates boosting oil, gas, and rare earth production, particularly in Alaska, for national energy security. Trump’s early actions loosened environmental regulations to expand drilling, aligning with this priority, though specific Alaskan projects weren’t detailed in initial reports.
International Engagement
Withdrawal from Global Agreements: Project 2025 explicitly recommends exiting the Paris Climate Agreement and criticizes the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as overreaching. On January 20, 2025, Trump ordered the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and WHO, and while he initially seemed to target the OECD, later clarifications corrected this to the global corporate minimum tax deal under OECD auspices. These moves reflect the project’s push to end “blind support” for international organizations.
Areas of Divergence
While Trump has implemented much of Project 2025, he has deviated on some points:
Abortion Pills: The project proposes revoking approval of mifepristone and restricting abortion access via the Comstock Act. Trump has not acted on this as of March 12, 2025, and previously told CBS News pre-election that mifepristone would remain available. His HHS nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said only that he’d study its safety, per Trump’s direction.
TikTok Ban: Project 2025 frames TikTok as a national security threat and urges a ban. Trump, however, paused a ban via executive order in January 2025, contradicting this stance after suggesting post-election he was “very unlikely” to restrict it.
Many of Trump’s appointees—Russ Vought (OMB), Brendan Carr (FCC), Tom Homan (border czar), and John Ratcliffe (CIA)—authored or contributed to Project 2025, reinforcing its influence. Despite Trump’s campaign disavowals, the project’s architects, like Paul Dans, have hailed his actions as “home runs,” suggesting a de facto adoption of their roadmap. Critics argue this reflects a bait-and-switch, given Trump’s public distancing, while supporters frame it as fulfilling his mandate to shrink government and prioritize conservative values.
In summary, Trump has carried out substantial elements of Project 2025, particularly in government restructuring, social policy, immigration, and energy, though he’s selectively avoided some contentious social issues like abortion restrictions. His administration’s trajectory suggests continued alignment, tempered by political pragmatism and legal challenges already emerging against moves like DOGE’s aggressive cuts (see my prior response on DOGE for details).
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Is any of the following true? - KCT-BoneTiger MU - 3/12 22:13:33