The chapter delves into Project 2025, a major initiative by the Heritage Foundation to ready a conservative administration for a potential Donald Trump presidency in 2024. It details the comprehensive preparations, including staff vetting, policy creation, and training sessions, aimed at swiftly enacting conservative agendas and reshaping government departments and policies. The chapter emphasizes the importance and unprecedented scale of Project 2025 in shaping potential future executive actions and countering perceived challenges from the 'deep state'.
Donald Trump is trying to distance himself from it. Joe Biden wants you to Google it. Semafor’s Shelby Talcott explains what’s going on with the conservative plan for a second Trump presidency.
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 and Sean Rameswaram.
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