Posted on 07/07/2024 2:39:56 AM PDT by nickcarraway
President Joe Biden has launched a scathing critique of former President Donald Trump regarding his alleged ties to Project 2025, a controversial and highly detailed 900-page document called 'Mandate for Leadership'.
Project 2025 overview and Joe Biden's response Project 2025, also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, is a product of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
The project, developed with input from former Trump administration officials, includes a 180-day transition plan and addresses both domestic and foreign policy. It is essentially an administration-in-waiting for the next conservative president.
Biden's focus on Project 2025 comes in the wake of his first debate against Trump on June 27, which led to calls from some Democrats for Biden to drop out of the race. In response, Biden highlighted one of the project's main targets: abortion.
He stated, "Project 2025 should scare every single American. It would give Trump limitless power over our daily lives and let him use the presidency to enact 'revenge' on his enemies, ban abortion nationwide and punish women who have an abortion, and gut the checks and balances that make America the greatest democracy in the world. It’s extreme and dangerous."
The Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts praised a recent Supreme Court ruling on immunity, describing it as "vital" and suggesting it would aid the group's efforts in what he called the "second American Revolution."
Roberts remarked, “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” during an interview on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast.
Donald Trump's denial and Joe Biden's counterattack In an attempt to distance himself from Project 2025, Trump posted on his Truth Social account, "I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.”
However, the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign quickly responded online, emphasizing the connections between the project and Trump. Biden himself posted, "It’s his people and his plan. But it’s your freedoms and future at risk. Trump’s 'project' will destroy America."
The 922-page plan proposes a dramatic expansion of presidential power, including the potential firing of up to 50,000 government workers to be replaced with Trump loyalists. The agenda has become a focal point for Biden's reelection campaign as he seeks to maintain Democratic support following a challenging debate performance.
While distancing himself from Project 2025, Trump has outlined his own plans for government restructuring if he wins a second term. These include orchestrating the largest deportation operation in U.S. history and imposing tariffs on all imports.
His campaign has warned outside allies not to speak for him, indicating that their transition-in-waiting efforts might be counterproductive.
Key figures in Project 2025 Project 2025 includes several former senior Trump administration officials. Paul Dans, the project's director, previously served as chief of staff at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management under Trump. Trump’s campaign spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, appeared in one of the project's videos.
John McEntee, former director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, serves as a senior adviser. McEntee told The Daily Wire earlier this year that the team would integrate much of its work with the Trump campaign post-summer when Trump would announce his transition team.
Trump’s comments on Project 2025 precede the Republican Party’s upcoming meetings to draft its party platform. Project 2025 has been preparing a 180-day agenda for the next administration to be shared privately, separate from its public priorities for a Republican president, WSVN reported.
Russ Vought, a key Trump ally and contributor to Project 2025, is also involved in drafting this agenda and sits on the Republican National Committee’s platform writing committee.
Despite its clear conservative orientation, Project 2025 claims no allegiance to a specific candidate.
"We are a coalition of more than 110 conservative groups advocating policy and personnel recommendations for the next conservative president,” the project stated. “But it is ultimately up to that president, who we believe will be President Trump, to decide which recommendations to implement.”
The Biden campaign has consistently depicted Project 2025 as an extremist agenda. Ammar Moussa, a Biden campaign spokesperson, described it as "the extreme policy and personnel playbook for Trump’s second term that should scare the hell out of the American people."
On the other hand, Agenda 47 is what Trump's 2024 presidential campaign calls their formal policy plans. According to the campaign, it is "the only official comprehensive and detailed look at what President Trump will do if he returns to the White House."
Joe Biden slammed on social media Considering, Biden was blasted on social media for his fearmongering and attempts to antagonize voters against Trump.
"Trump’s policy platform is Agenda 47, not Project 2025 but keep gaslighting and stoking racial hatred," one posted on X.
"Clutch your fear porn tight when you lay your head down to sleep," another quipped.
"The only ones acting like fascist[s] lately are Democrats," a comment read.
"Oh look they pulled out another Russian Dossier so they can try and spread another Russia Russia Russia hoax," someone else alleged.
"Whatever propaganda it takes to pull attention away from poopy pants," another chimed in.
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I think she considers herself the most conservative person in America and above all we mere pikers
SCOTUS took the abortion pill away from pols last ruling more or less
Denouncing homosexuals en masse and fighting homosexual tranny victimhood activism are two political stances with a lot of real estate in between
The core of the never trumpers seems to be either I’m more religious or conservative than weak practical gotta get folks elected righties
Trump’s best reply might be: “I did not create this plan, so we’ll consider it proposal by proposal as the need arises.”
Fire 50,000 progressive government union employees? Well, that’s a start.
Still with the deranged Trump hatred. at least you’ve given up that bump stock ban mania.
Exactly. Of course the media and politicians on both the Left and the Right are going to decry and denounce it, and try to link it to Trump.
I had heard Project 2025 was the creation of Steve Bannon and some others, so I just downloaded it and am looking at it, they didn’t mention him in the intro.
But no matter. I will read it and report back to the thread with my opinion on it after I have read it.
My expectation right now before reading it is that it contains ideas that are good for America, and bad for Leftists and the Deep State, so they have to tar it as some radical, white-supremacy thing and tie it to Trump.
Okay, this looks like a Heritage Foundation project, so right away, I am inclined to think positively about it. People may not agree with the Heritage Foundation on everything, but it is my experience they don’t shoot from the hip like many of us do, usually their views and proposals are well thought out.
Project 2025 has a lot of good things going for it. The “expansion of presidential power” actually means giving the president authority over the thousands of agencies, sub-agencies and offices that have grown up mysteriously, suck off a huge part of the national budget, and are accountable to no one.
Trump complained about not being able to get rid of the Deep State, (that is, the unelected federal bureaucracy that actually runs things). The Executive Office actually has no authority over these agencies. No elected officials seem to have any authority over them and they are self-perpetuating.
However, the Deep State is almost 100% Democrat and thus is essential to the Dems in maintaining their hold on power even when they do not hold the Presidency. So this is why they are howling so much.
Trump should take a closer look at these proposals, or his second term, if any, will accomplish as little as his first term. Remember, it was unelected Deep State bureaucrats who shut down the country and the world economy, having duped and pressured Trump into promulgating their plans.
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The only ones acting like fascist[s] lately are democrat.
And it isn’t nothing new it’s what the party was founded by.
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Project 25 is a Heritage Foundation project and Trump has said it is not his project.
I have skimmed the first 150 pages, and so far I have found nothing even remotely objectionable to myself, although I see plenty in there that would cause angst in the Deep State and The Left.
LINK: Mandate For Leadership-The Conservative Promise
So far, I can only conclude that if you find the document objectionable overall, you probably shouldn't be frequenting Free Republic.
When asked a question, you can always reply with 'I have no comment' and walk away. Let them badger. Don't respond. Walk away.
I didn’t see it the same way that you did (with respect to the GOPe stink) but I have not read it in detail yet.
Granted, things like saying we need to develop tactical nuclear weapons and upgrade our current ones are going to cause horror in some people, but those are not unreasonable suggestions and are open to debate.
I have never felt that having an arms manufacturing industry in which foreign sales are important to be objectionable, because those foreign sales also allow us to more affordably arm ourselves, but I get your drift. And saying the procurement process needs to be overhauled is an epic understatement.
From the report:
“European nations directly affected by the conflict should aid in the defense of Ukraine, but the U.S. should not continue its involvement.”
Good to see that these guys also want the Ukraine War to end.
I took a quick look at it and was surprised that it had NO executive summary! Who puts together a 900-page policy document without a summary in front? This is just asking for the Democrats to create their own summary to distort what’s in it. In politics, if you don’t break down your ideas into simple bullet points that are easily digestible, your opponents will do it for you. The authors should have known this.
“So far, I can only conclude that if you find the document objectionable overall, you probably shouldn’t be frequenting Free Republic.”
That is not the current topical point about it. Heritage and their supporters are promoting it as if it is supported by Trump. Trump has said that is not true. It may be Heritage Foundaitons “hopes” for a Trump 2025 admin. But Trump is disowning it.
Why? He’s REALLY a populist not a Conservative. He can go wtih SOME Conservative points, if he agrees with them, but in general he goes with his own points, Conservative or not.
I am going to read the entire thing, I just skimmed the first 150 pages, so I am looking forward to that.
And I agree 100% with that statement. If European nations feel threatened, they should involve themselves. Not us.
And I am fully on board with that approach, as suggested by another poster.
He absolutely should pick and choose ideas and concepts he likes and make them his own. There is no reason to wholly tie himself to that document, as good or bad as it may be.
Ideas and direction, if well conceived, should always be welcome.
And I agree he is a populist, and not in the pejorative sense that it is used. He is a populist AND a nationalist, and he most obviously loves this country from which he has gained his fortune.
I can live with that!
Everything Biden says is a lie.
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