{"id":1051047,"date":"2025-01-31T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051047"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:55:53","slug":"icymi-trump-said-he-hadnt-read-project-2025-but-most-of-his-early-executive-actions-overlap-with-its-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-trump-said-he-hadnt-read-project-2025-but-most-of-his-early-executive-actions-overlap-with-its-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Trump Said He Hadn\u2019t Read Project 2025 \u2013 But Most of His Early Executive Actions Overlap With Its Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201cMany of Trump\u2019s early actions appear closely aligned with Project 2025\u2019s plans. A CNN analysis of the 53 executive orders and actions from Trump\u2019s first week in office found that more than two-thirds \u2013 36 \u2013 evoke proposals outlined in \u2018Mandate for Leadership,\u2019 Project 2025\u2019s 922-page blueprint for the next Republican president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/31\/politics\/trump-policy-project-2025-executive-orders-invs\/index.html\"><strong>CNN<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Trump said he hadn\u2019t read Project 2025 \u2013 but most of his early executive actions overlap with its proposals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Steve Contorno and Casey Tolan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>President Donald Trump caught his own administration off guard last week by <strong>suggesting that the nation\u2019s primary disaster response agency might simply \u201cgo away.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The idea, however, wasn\u2019t new. <strong>The contours of it circulated nearly two years ago through Project 2025, a sweeping plan to overhaul the government that Trump as a candidate forcefully disavowed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Many of Trump\u2019s early actions appear closely aligned with Project 2025\u2019s plans.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A CNN analysis of the 53 executive orders and actions from Trump\u2019s first week in office found that more than two-thirds \u2013 36 \u2013 evoke proposals outlined in \u201cMandate for Leadership,\u201d Project 2025\u2019s 922-page blueprint for the next Republican president.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cThis is exactly the work we set out to do,\u201d Paul Dans, who oversaw Project 2025 <\/strong>at the conservative Heritage Foundation, told CNN in an interview Wednesday.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>At least 140 former Trump administration officials and dozens of ardent allies ultimately wrote and contributed to \u201cMandate for Leadership.\u201d<\/strong> More than 100 friendly organizations endorsed it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since his November victory, though, <strong>Trump has filled key government posts with people who helped put Project 2025 together<\/strong>. Both Tom Homan, who is serving as White House border czar, and Trump\u2019s new CIA Director John Ratcliffe contributed to \u201cMandate for Leadership.\u201d Brendan Carr, named chairman of the Federal Communications Commission by Trump, wrote an entire chapter for Project 2025 on the agency he now leads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Russ Vought<\/strong>, chosen as director of the Office of Management and Budget, <strong>authored a section on presidential power that appeared to preview the freeze on federal spending put in place this week by Trump\u2019s young government.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201cMany of Trump\u2019s early actions appear closely aligned with Project 2025\u2019s plans. 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