The chapter delves into the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, a well-funded initiative preparing for a potential Trump administration in 2025. It discusses the vetting of staff, policy creation, and implementation strategies in case of a 2024 election win. Emphasis is placed on the conservative coalition's efforts to train and equip potential government officials in line with their policy proposals.
Donald Trump arrived at the White House in 2017 without a lot of plans to actually govern. The conservative Heritage Foundation wants to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Noel King.
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