# What Trump Doesn't Want You to Know About Project 2025 ![rw-book-cover](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1200,h_600,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffae823bc-2370-47b8-877d-c68ba9d2cef6_1024x705.jpeg) ## Metadata - Author:: [[Judd Legum]] - Full Title:: What Trump Doesn't Want You to Know About Project 2025 - Category: #articles - URL: https://popular.info/p/what-trump-doesnt-want-you-to-know ## Highlights > Project 2025 ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3nfyd80vmqyd9rjcazh6fg2)) > The plan calls for withdrawing approval for the abortion pill, banning pornography, slashing corporate taxes, abolishing the Department of Education, replacing thousands of experienced federal workers with political appointees, imposing a "biblically based… definition of marriage and families," and placing the Justice Department and other independent agencies under the direct control of the president. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3nfyw75x7g1gmwtt5bx2kke)) > The co-editors of Project 2025, Paul Dans and Steven Groves, both held high-ranking positions in the Trump administration. Under Trump, Dans served as [Chief of Staff at the Office of Personnel Management](https://www.heritage.org/staff/paul-dans), the agency responsible for staffing the federal government, and was a senior advisor at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Groves served Trump in the White House as [Deputy Press Secretary and Assistant Special Counsel](https://www.heritage.org/staff/steven-groves). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3nfzsb3q1a8kspmpgrbhqps)) > Project 2025's two associate directors, Spencer Chretien and Troup Hemenway, are also tightly connected with Trump. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3nfzzetwsvtpt8yx6q21beh)) > Chretien was [Special Assistant to President Donald J. Trum](https://www.heritage.org/staff/spencer-chretien)p and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel, "helping to identify, recruit, and place hundreds of political appointees at all levels of government. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng09pm6kzyzrn6xvvwhanj)) > Another Project 2025 author, Stephen Moore, was nominated by Trump to the Federal Reserve but forced to withdraw "[over his past inflammatory writings about women](https://apnews.com/article/60bdb566746a410fb14c2b1f34a4ddea)." Further, William Walton, the co-author of the chapter on the Department of the Treasury, was [a key member of Trump's transition team](https://morningconsult.com/2016/11/21/trump-adds-economists-private-equity-chief-transition-team/). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng0xv9ztejae0r9mnaernv)) > All told, of the 38 people responsible for writing and editing Project 2025, 31 were appointed or nominated to positions in the Trump administration and transition. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng17re3nskaqycbpasjksr)) > Project 2025, over 81% had formal roles in his first administration. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng1pa07vwqt7hx04ytnmn6)) > Russ Vought. As president, Trump appointed Vought to his Cabinet as Director of the Office of Management and Budget ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng2dx8g9y3kkvccxdjfryf)) > Gene Hamilton, a top aide to Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions, wrote the Project 2025 chapter on the Department of Justice. During the Trump administration, Hamilton [drafted Trump's infamous child separation policy](https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/21-028_0.pdf). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng3brwqrk491ec7rn71vet)) > The Project 2025 chapter on the Agency for International Development was written by Max Primorac, the acting Chief Operating Officer for the same agency under the Trump administration. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng47es2pswwxvjtpd00zs7)) > ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5f1118e-4998-4ded-9c75-014e83ead988_1216x1319.png) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng4xkck48c28t7ym6ct83q)) #### Top members of Trump's 2024 campaign are involved in Project 2025 > Among the program instructors is Karoline Leavitt, the national press secretary for the 2024 Trump campaign and an assistant press secretary during the Trump administration. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng6ezfxhy4s4f41tk133cg)) > Also appearing in the video is top Trump advisor Stephen Miller. Despite his role in the academy, Miller claims he has "[never been involved with Project 2025](https://x.com/StephenM/status/1809651558537122135)." Miller's organization, America First Legal, is a member of the [Project 2025 advisory board](https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng6x4avany9nn1kb9pgfx2)) > Prior to the 2016 election, the Heritage Foundation created a [similar project](https://www.heritage.org/impact/trump-administration-embraces-heritage-foundation-policy-recommendations) called "Mandate for Leadership." The "Mandate for Leadership" contained "334 unique policy recommendations." One year into Trump's term, the Heritage Foundation announced that "64 percent of the policy prescriptions were included in Trump’s budget, implemented through regulatory guidance, or under consideration for action in accordance with The Heritage Foundation’s original proposals." ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng7fah0qnq2mzdh289pmbx)) > Seventy Heritage Foundation employees had already joined the administration, and other Heritage officials "briefed administration officials on the recommendations, provided additional insight and information, and advocated for reform." ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3ng7p07ctpmd9wv8f1rxxwf))