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What Does Project 2025 Say?

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On November 5, 2024, the United States Elected Donald J. Trump to a second term. The day after that, his allies gleefully admitted that Project 2025 was their – and his – agenda the entire time.

This is what we’re up against.

“While Senate confirmation is a constitutionally necessary requirement for appointing agency leadership, the next Administration may need to take a novel approach to the confirmations process to ensure an adequate and rapid transition. For example, the next Administration arguably should place its nominees for key positions into similar positions as “actings” (for example, putting in a person to serve as the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner of CBP while that person is going through the confirmation process to direct ICE or become the Secretary). This approach would both guarantee implementation of the Day One agenda and equip the department for potential emergency situations while still honoring the confirmation requirement.”
Citation: Project 2025, Section 2.2: Department of Homeland Security, Ken Cuccinelli, page 168, paragraph 4
Context:

This is more of Project 2025’s core tenet – staff the government completely with loyalists to their agenda, bypassing Congressional approval, and simply installing them as “acting” in their official capacities. Trump did this a LOT. If elected to another term, this practice would become the rule.

Full contextual analysis of Section 2.2: Department of Homeland Security here.