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A chief architect of Project 2025 is ready to shock Washington if Donald Trump wins a second term (apnews.com)

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Russell Vought sounds like a general marshaling troops for combat when he talks about taming a “woke and weaponized” federal government.

He recently described political opposition as “enemy fire that’s coming over the target,” while urging allies to be “fearless at the point of attack” and calling his policy proposals “battle plans.”

If former President Donald Trump wins a second term in November, Vought may get the opportunity to go on the offensive.

A chief architect of Project 2025 — the controversial conservative blueprint to remake the federal government — Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration. And he’s been drafting a so-far secret “180-Day Transition Playbook” to speed the plan’s implementation to avoid a repeat of the chaotic start that dogged Trump’s first term.

Among the small cadre of Trump advisers who has a mechanic’s understanding of how Washington operates, Vought has advised influential conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill, held a top post in the Trump White House and later established his own pro-Trump think tank. Now, he’s being mentioned as a candidate to be Trump’s White House chief of staff, one of the most powerful positions in government.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a New York University history professor and author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present,” criticized Project 2025 as “a recipe for mass chaos, abuses of power, and dysfunction in government.”

The overarching theme of Project 2025 is to strip down the “administrative state.” This, according to the blueprint, is the mass of unelected government officials who pursue policy agendas at odds with the president’s plans.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They've put all their eggs in the Trump basket, with no clear line of succession. Once he is humiliated again this year, the fever will break for some, and the rest will splinter into infighting. This was their last clear path, which is why they are forcing through everything they are able while they can.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I agree. Don't underestimate how much all of these people hate each other.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They hate the ‘other’ more

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but who do they have to rally around when they've been spending years poisoning each other so they can suck up to Trump the most?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are no shortage of people trying to out hate trump. DeSantos would be my first thought, and he may be worse as he is slightly less dumb then trump

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

After he crashed and burned? The man can't even smile.