“The 900-page ‘Project 2025’ is everything the Christian far right wants – abortion bans and ‘woke propaganda’, mass deportations and a purge of non-Trump-loyal government employees.”
This is written by Robert Reich, political veteran of several democratic governments, former labor market minister and now professor of public policy and administration at the University of California in The Guardian.
Biden: “Should scare every American”
The project has been developed by over 20 officials, appointed by Trump himself during his first term. Nevertheless, the ex-president claims that he does not know who wrote the political plan.
However, several observers believe that he is lying in order not to discourage more moderate voters from voting for him. One of those who accuse Trump of hiding his connections to the project is Joe Biden.
– The problem is that it is written for him, by those who are closest to him. “Project 2025” should scare every American, says Biden
Among other things, the think tank Heritage Foundation, which is behind the plan, wants to replace up to 50,000 government officials with political appointments. The goal is for anyone more loyal to the Constitution than Trump to go.
“We are in the middle of the second American revolution, which may remain bloodless if the left allows it,” writes Kevin Roberts, who is the head of the think tank.
The experts: “Authoritarian takeover”
Several experts have commented on what the implementation plan could mean for the United States in the future.
– It is important to point out that the USA is already classified as a deficient democracy. Democracy there is not at the same level as in Europe. But what is proposed in Project 2025 would make the United States no longer resemble a democracy at all, says Merrick Tabor, political scientist at Stockholm University to Swedish EPN.
Even Gwenaelle Bauvois, professor of sociology at the University of Helsinki, says that the plan is “worrying”.
– What is proposed in this plan is an authoritarian takeover. Researchers who have analyzed the document have said it undermines the rule of law, civil liberties, and the rights of women and sexual minorities.
She believes that Trump is pretending that he is not involved but that the project ultimately serves his campaign.
This means the prohibition of “woke propaganda”
Removing the abortion pill mifepristone from the market, banning transgender people in the US military and gender reassignment surgery on young people are also stated goals of the “Project 2025” campaign.
They want to ban what is called “woke propaganda” from all legal texts, which means banning terms such as sexual orientation, diversity, equality, inclusion and reproductive rights.
Even mass arrests and deportations of the undocumented, something that Trump himself has advocated, is part of the political plan in “Project 2025”.