US EditionTrump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals
Trump uses the government shutdown to push Project 2025, aiming to cut federal agencies and social programs while nearly half the agenda is already in motion, officials say.
- President Donald Trump is now supporting Project 2025, which aims to reduce the size of the federal workforce and punish Democratic states, after previously criticizing it during his campaign.
- Trump announced a meeting with Budget Chief Russ Vought to discuss cuts to Democratic agencies through a Truth Social post.
- Vought informed House GOP lawmakers about imminent layoffs and funding freezes for $8 billion in green energy projects and $18 billion in transportation projects in New York City.
- Critics argue that these actions by Trump and Vought concentrate too much power in the presidency.
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Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects works to use the government shutdown to accelerate his goals of slashing…
Trump openly embracing Project 2025 after distancing himself during 2024 campaign
Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects works to use the government shutdown to accelerate his goals.
What is Project 2025 and why is Donald Trump meeting with a man who helped write it?
U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be warming to “Project 2025,” the blueprint for governance developed by American conservative thinkers that he distanced himself from during the election. Project 2025 was originally set out as a policy and personnel “playbook” should Trump win re-election, aiming to quickly implement sweeping changes across the federal government. During the 2024 election campaign, Trump disavowed Project 2025, distancin…
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