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Project 2025 (also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project) is a political initiative to reshape the federal government of the United States and consolidate executive power in favor of right-wing policies. The plan was published in April 2023 by The Heritage Foundation, an American conservative think tank, in anticipation of Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/project-2025

And your point is?

It helps explains why Trump does what he does.

Just one example….

“ Project 2025 is split on the issue of foreign trade.[110] Mandate author Peter Navarro advocates what he calls a "fair trade" policy of reciprocal, higher tariffs on the European Union, China, and India, to achieve a balance of trade, though not all U.S. levies are lower than those of its major trading partners.[127] On the other hand, Mandate author Kent Lassman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute promotes a free trade policy of lowering or eliminating tariffs to cut costs for consumers, and calls for more free trade agreements.[127] He argues that Trump's and Biden's tariffs have undermined not just the American economy, but also the nation's international alliances.[118]”

Really? Project 2025 consists of MANY different individuals who bring their ideas to the table. It's a "think tank" of which there are many similar groups. What evidence do you have that Donald Trump is tied to Project 2025 exclusively? If you cannot do that, there is no logical sense to conclude that Trump's ideas on trade are due to Project 2025. There are some really strange people who are active in that group too as well as some very conservative individuals. Those who know Trump have openly stated that he likes to listen to most all ideas people have and then makes up his own decisions and is not controlled nor owned by any one person or group of persons. There are some very radical Leftists who have made similar statements as you did above re: Project 2025 and Trump in order to discredit him due to some of the ideas that have come out of that group. Is that your intention too? If not, again, what is your intention showing Trump's fair trade policies are similar to others who belong to Project 2025. The question is: Are the fair trade policies which Donald Trump is currently enacting and working to achieve good for the country as a whole? or are they detrimental to the future of the US? What say you?

My whole household voted for Trump. I was just surprised, sometimes pleasantly, he came out so strong out of the gate. Long-awaited, necessary change is often painful. I just never knew this Project2025 was a thing. I didn’t like the Christian Nationslism language but the Judeo-Christian foundations & reclaiming natural law are good things.

I think Trump and the GOP should be suing the media for how they spin everything to keep the nation grossly divided and the citizens at each other’s throats. It gets exhausting.

AMEN! The blatant lies and fabricated garbage they spew out is unconscionable. It has been reported that 95% of the lame street media reports are negative toward Trump. Now, so to make things clear, I do NOT idolize Donald Trump He's unregenerate and under the wrath of God. He is a narcissist and sometimes crude in his speech. Some of his decisions are not necessarily the best. HOWEVER, IMO being chosen of God to accomplish HIS will, it would appear that God has restrained His wrath toward the US, which it sorely deserves, and it improving this country which if given over to the radical Demorats and their evil/wicked agenda, would have destroyed the Republican and created just another socio-communist country. The real issue for us in this house isn't Trump but the "Republican" congress and senate which to this point have been feckless on nearly every front. They have the potential to do tremendous good and make many of the executive orders into law thus preserving the good Trump has done thus far. And, just one other observation on my part... justice needs to be done by the DOJ with the aid of the other 3-letter agencies to bring the criminal politicians to court and put them in prison for the heinous crimes they have committed; Democrats and Republicans alike, albeit the vast majority of wicked crimes belong to the Leftists.

I see your point, but I do not see how that will work. One thing I'm noticing is that many conservatives belongs to the swamp, and they are opposed to cleaning it.

I don't know how "many" are, but there some to be sure. The only way to even start fixing that problem is voting for non-Swamp creatures.

I think there are more (conservatives) in non-elective positions. Judges, department heads, staffers, state federal workers, etc. Their livelihoods depend upon the swamp.