Jacob T. Levy, a Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University, made the case on Monday that X owner Elon Musk's rapid-fire efforts to unlawfully decapitate entire government agencies could actually be harmful to the broader goals of Project 2025, the radical right-wing blueprint for having the executive branch of the United States government seize unprecedented power.
Writing on Bluesky, Levy made the case that Musk's attacks on the federal bureaucracy could pose a setback for Project 2025's overarching goals.
"What I was expecting: A new Trump administration filled with Heritage Foundation/Project 2025 nerds who understand the APA [Administrative Procedure Act] and notice and comment, and were ready to announce thousands of regulation changes on Day 1, starting the notice and comment clock right away, so changes would take effect ASAP," he began. "What we got: Musk and his DOGEterage of 'move fast and break stuff nerds who believe that the APA and notice and comment are for beta males who don't take their ketamine/ steroid cocktails."
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Levy then weighed the strengths and weaknesses of Musk's actual approach compared to the approach he believed would be taken.
"Maybe it works," he speculated. "Or maybe stuff gets tied up in court so long that it would've been faster the other way."
Levy went on to say that he believed many of the architects of Project 2025 believed they would be running the show more than Musk, whom he described as "an element of chaos changing their plans for a more orderly and competent takeover."