Trump and Project 2025: President’s early moves mirror conservative playbook - National | Globalnews.ca

Donald Trump has repeatedly denied he had anything to do with the conservative policy agenda known as Project 2025 .

The Heritage Foundation published the 900-plus-page book of policy recommendations in April 2023 .

Project 2025 advocated for the dismantling of the Department of Education , criminalizing abortion drugs and abolishing the Federal Reserve .

31 of the 38 people who helped write and edit the book served in Trump ’s first administration.

Project 2025 proposed a freeze on “all top career-position hiring” to “prevent burrowing in’ by outgoing political appointees” The White House has ordered a hiring freeze on all federal civilian employees in the executive branch.

Project 2025 recommended that Health and Human Services “proudly state that men and women are biological realities”.

Experts agree that the president is likely feeling the pressure of a ticking clock and a final term.

Midterms and a referendum by voters on how he’s doing are not far away.

Greg Anderson , a professor of political science at the University of Alberta , agrees that Trump is in some sense already a lame duck president.