What does Project 2025 mean for the rest of the world?
Al Jazeera
Right-wing wish list for a Trump comeback sets stage for darker future at home … and abroad.
As elections in the United States draw closer, polls indicate that former President and convicted felon Donald Trump could be back in the Oval Office by early 2025.
For an indication of what a second Trump administration might look like, look no further than Project 2025, a transition plan spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, a prominent conservative think tank in Washington, DC.
The 922-page doorstopper is essentially a how-to guide for a right-wing model of governance, proposing a dramatic overhaul of the federal government with plans to expand presidential power and purge the civil service of “liberals” – all the better to advance a hardline agenda.
While largely focused on dismantling the “Deep State”, the document also offers pointers on foreign policy, striking a hawkish tone on China – “the most significant danger to Americans’ security, freedoms, and prosperity” – prioritising nuclear weapons production and curtailing international aid programmes.
Read on for more on Project 2025’s vision for the US and its relations with the world. What’s driving this policy agenda? And should we all be worried?
