Review: We read all 922 pages of Project 2025 so that you didn’t have to

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Well, I did it.

I read all 922 pages of Project 2025 so you don’t have to. Thank God Trump was elected, or some people might have called it a waste of time…

Like most conservative policy manuals, it’s all meat and no fat. If you really want to dive into conservative policy solutions to government-caused problems, go for it. The PDF is free to anyone who wants to download it.

But, honestly, unless you work for a place like Louder with Crowder, you don’t need to read it.

Just kidding.

I’m the only one in the office to conquer this mountain cuz:

If you are still curious, see if you can get one of those left-leaning AIs to summarize it for you while tell you you’re a horrible person for agreeing with it and that you’ll burn in Hell if AIs believed in such a thing, die puny human 10001100

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, commonly known as Project 2025, is a policy manual researched, written and released by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. Surprise, surprise: they’ve actually been doing this since 1980. The first one they did went to Reagan and, by the end of 1981, he’d put more than 60% of it into practice. Smash cut to 2016…yep. You’re right. There was a Project 2017. Kind of makes you wonder why the Democrats weren’t talking about Trump and his awful Project 2017 back then, huh? Almost like it’s all propaganda…

And another thing: After Trump’s first year in office, “the Administration had implemented 64 percent of its policy recommendations.” (Project 2025, pg. 885)

That’s right. If the Leftists had actually bothered to read it, they would have been able to argue when Trump disavowed Project 2025. He had nothing to do with Project 2017, yet he still implemented 64% of it. Reading’s a skill, folks. Then again, that would require that they compare Trump to Reagan, and we can’t have that, can we?

Not only that, at least a third of Project 2025 said “do what Trump was doing during his administration.” Most of these chapters were written before the end of the Primary, a handbook for the next conservative president, regardless of who it was. If Trump re-enacts his previous policies, he’s well on the way to fulfilling 60% or more of Project 2025.

Here’s a review:

Short and fast: It’s simple. Limit bureaucracy; return authority to its constitutionally designated office; remove DEI, equity, climate alarmism, and abortion from all public policy.

That’s pretty much it. It’s 922 pages because they get specific on how to actually do all that. In the process, it exposes all the DEI, equity, climate change things that were happening under the Biden administration, which I suspected, but hadn’t really understood to what degree it had been enacted. As much as you think you hate Leftism, it’s not enough.

If you’re interested in the functions of the roles of the WHO (White House Office, because the chaps at the Heritage Foundation are 100% against sticking with the World Health Organization), you could read the foreword. Or probably watch a few seasons of The West Wing, because that was probably pretty accurate.

If you’re going to read one part of Project 2025, read the foreword. If you’re going to read two things, read the foreword and the epilogue. If you’re going to read three things, read the foreword, the epilogue, and the chapter on Health and Human Services because that one was BY FAR the bitchiest and I was there for it.

It’s a policy manual, folks. There’s no beginning, middle or end. It’s not riveting, though it’s definitely engaging. It more has to do with picking out what you’re interested in and seeing what a conservative administration might do. It’s conveniently organized by department.

Other than that…seriously. I work at a conservative media outlet. No one else was going to read it. So if no one’s forcing you to, just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Highlights:

The military is woefully underfunded and unready for an armed conflict. We should probably fix that.

Kick everyone out of the State Department. No holdovers from the previous administration. It’s rotten all the way down.

Redefine America’s relationship with China, Iran, Venezuela, Russia, and North Korea. China is America’s biggest threat on all international levels. Treat it that way.

Work with international organizations if they are effective and advance American interests. If they don’t, stop supporting it.

Defund NPR and PBS.

Rescind all climate change policies. A bunch of our money has been trying to get Sri Lanka off gas. We’ve also been giving away climate change money based on-wait, wait, you guessed it: DEI.

Get rid of the Department of Education.

Get rid of most of the Department of Energy. Especially the climate change shit. The Department of Energy is too involved in trying to manipulate the private sector. The government shouldn’t be picking winners and losers.

Split the CDC in two.

Department of Housing and Urban Development: work with the Committee on Foreign Investment to keep China from buying up so much real estate.

Restructure the FBI’s chain of command.

The Department of Labor should pursue legal action against BlackRock and others for ignoring their fiduciary duties in favor of DEI/ESG.

The Department of Transportation should spend more time on upgrading air traffic control than picking winners and losers in emerging technologies, like self-driving cars.

The Department of Treasury is a lot more exciting than the Department of Commerce. Either way, get rid of climate change BS and privatize the National Weather Service.

Well, there you go. There’s definitely a lot more. I hope President-elect Donald Trump is able to enact at least 64% of it because I’m going to be completely honest: I’m not tired of winning.

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Kate works in production at LwC. She is an author. When she isn’t writing…who are we kidding? She’s always writing. You can find her here on X.