New York (AP) – President Donald Trump They openly embrace conservative blueprints. He desperately tried to distance himself during his 2024 campaign. Accelerate his goals It cuts the size of federal workers and punishes Democrats.
His true social site post On Thursday morning, Trump announced he would meet with his budget manager. “Lus Vote of Project 2025 fame, he recommends cutting to determine which of the many Democratic institutions is political fraud.
The comments represent a dramatic hassle for Trump, who spent much of last year denounced Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation. Large-scale proposal overhaul of the federal government drafted by many of his longtime allies and current and former government officials.
Trump’s Democratic rivals Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have focused on the far-right wish list at the heart of their campaign and featured a huge replica of the book to stand out on the Democratic National Convention stage.
“Donald Trump and his stogue lied through teeth about Project 2025. And now he’s running straight through the country,” said Ammar Moussa, a former spokesman for both campaigns. “There is no comfort in being right, nothing but anger that he remains in the consequence of his lies.”
Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Biden, said the administration clearly had been on the blueprint of the project for a long time.
“I think Democrats were right, but that doesn’t make me feel better,” she said. “I’m mad at how this is happening after it was told this document won’t be the centre of this administration.”
Asked about Trump’s reversal, White House spokesman Abigail Jackson said “Democrats are eager to talk about anything other than their decision to hurt the American people by shutting down the government.”
What do you project?
Top Trump campaign leaders spent most of 2024 at the Heritage Foundation to publish a book full of unpopular suggestions that Democrats tried to pin the campaign to warn of the second Trump terminology.
On the other hand, many of the policies are outlined in it Over 900 pages It was closely aligned with the agenda Trump was proposing – particularly regarding immigration control and the dismantling of certain federal agencies, Trump wanted actions that he had never discussed, such as banning pornography, or Trump’s team was actively trying to avoid withdrawing approval of abortion drugs.
Trump I repeatedly argued Despite his close relationship with many authors, he knew nothing about the group or the people behind it. They included John Mante, his former director of the White House Presidency Bureau, and Paul Duns, former chief of staff at the U.S. Personnel Management Office.
“I don’t know anything about Project 2025,” Trump said. It was claimed in July 2024. “I don’t know who’s behind it. Some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and awful. Whatever they do, I have nothing to do with them.”
Trump’s campaign chief It was just as important.
“It has been very clear for over a year that President Trump’s campaign is that Project 2025 has nothing to do with the campaign and does not speak for the campaign, and that it should not be related to the campaign or the president,” Susie Wills and Chris Racivita wrote in a campaign note. They said, “Reporting for the end of Project 2025 is greatly welcome and should serve as a notification to any group or any group that is trying to misrepresent the impact of President Trump and his campaign. That won’t work for you.”
Trump continued after that He stocks his second administration With authors including Vought “Border Charle” Tom Homan, CIA director John Ratcliffe, immigrant hardliners Stephen Miller and Brendan Kerr wrote the 2025 chapter on the Federal Communications Commission and are currently chairing the panel.
Heritage did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. But Dans, the former director of the project, said it was “exciting” to get many of the things laid out in the book to take action.
“It’s satisfying. I’m extremely proud of the work that’s been done for this clear purpose. I’m extremely proud that I’m ready to roll an act like President Trump on the first day,” said Dance, who is currently running for the Senate against Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Trump administration uses shutdowns to promote goals
Since he took the swearing, Trump has been pursuing plans laid out in Project 2025 It will expand dramatically Reduce the size of the presidential forces and federal labor. They include the following efforts: Government Efficiency Bureau And budget Retracted packagewhich has led to billions of dollars in existence stalled, disposed or withheld Due to the government so far this year.
They are currently using shutdowns to accelerate their progress.
Before the funding deadline, OMB Instructional agencies to prepare for additional mass shootings As was the usual practice during past closures, it is not merely fulfiling people who are not considered essential, but of federal workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’ workers’, as was the usual practice during past closures, and rather than simply fulful people’s not simply considered essential, but rather of people’s not merely considered essential, as was the usual practice during past closures. Vought told House Gop during a private conference call Wednesday that the layoffs will begin the next day or two.
They also used shutdowns to defend Democrats to cancel the state’s $8 billion green energy project, including the Democratic senators. Withholding $18 billion for a New York City transport project defended by Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democrat leaders Hakeem Jeffries In their hometown.
I dream of this moment
The move is part of a broader effort to focus federal authorities on the presidency that permeated Project 2025.
In his chapter in Blueprint, Vought revealed that he wanted to wield more direct powers into the President and OMB.
“The director must see his work as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the president’s mind,” he wrote. Vought described the OMB as “the president’s air transport control system,” saying it “should be involved in all aspects of the White House policy process,” and “will be strong enough to override the bureaucrats of the implementing agency.”
Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah said On Fox News Channel The Vought said, “There’s a plan, and that plan will help to give Trump even more power. This will be a Democrat’s worst nightmare.”
By reflecting that message, House Speaker Mike Johnson gives Trump and his budget director a vast power over the federal government and one-sided powers to determine which personnel and policies are essential and which policies are not.
Schumer “passed the kingdom keys to the president,” Johnson said Thursday. “They decided to vote to shut down the government, so they now effectively turned off the legislative division… and they handed it over to enforcement.”
Young said the constitution would not give the White House any Republicans who were accused of such power in Congress for abandoning their duty to serve as a presidential check.
“I don’t want to hear any lectures about handing over the keys,” she said. “The keys are gone. They are lost. They are in the drain. This shutdown is not a loss of the key.”
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