Overview of Project 2025 and Its Implications

Project 2025 is a comprehensive 922-page document created by the Heritage Foundation that outlines a series of conservative policy proposals aimed at a potential second term for Donald Trump. Unlike previous documents produced by the Heritage Foundation, which primarily focused on policy recommendations, this document introduces strategies that could enable a Trump administration to circumvent established constitutional norms. It presents alarming options for governance that raise concerns about authoritarianism, such as reclassifying high-level civil servants as political appointees who could be easily fired for not aligning with the administration's directives. This fundamental shift threatens to undermine the integrity of civil service and could pave the way for a government dominated by partisan loyalty rather than expertise and accountability.