The Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 aim to vet over 10,000 staffers for the Trump administration, providing them with training on government basics and implementation of conservative plans. This initiative is geared towards forming a prepared and skilled group of conservatives to combat the deep state, learning from the lack of preparation after Trump's unexpected 2016 win.
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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