Donald Trump will fully implement Project 2025 in his upcoming presidential term, an ex-prosecutor said.
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance weighed in on the inauguration of Trump, who distanced himself from the controversial Heritage Foundation blueprint for a Republican presidency.
Among other things, Vance said she expects Trump to lean even more heavily into Project 2025.
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"Already, we see signs that Trump, who tried to walk away from Project 2025 during the campaign, is taking steps to implement it. Despite the campaign's claim that people who worked on Project 2025 would be banned from the new administration, Trump has brought them on in droves," the attorney wrote. "That includes Russell Vought for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Vought, who authored the chapter on the 'Executive Office of the President' was, 'also deeply involved in drafting Project 2025's playbook for the first 180 days of a new Trump administration.'"
Vance also noted that, "Politico Pro is reporting that the executive orders will include orders 'summarizing immigration, energy, and government reform,' and also 'the process for removing insubordinate employees' and the legal and constitutional guardrails that may prevent Trump from firing employees who don’t follow orders. They also spoke about Trump planning actions to reverse President Joe Biden’s diversity, equity, and inclusion orders across the federal government."
She added, "It’s increasingly clear that the executive orders will be a feature, not a bug, of Trump’s first day in office. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins is reporting that Trump will sign some of them on Capitol Hill after he is sworn in and others at the Capitol One Arena, the venue for his supporters during the indoor inaugural."
Finally, predicted Vance, there could be tension between Trump and the Supreme Court.
"Congress and the courts will have the ability to block some of these actions when they exceed the president’s authority. If the courage is there, the moment is coming when we learn what Trump will do the first time an issue filters up to the Supreme Court and that Court tells Trump he can’t do what he wants to," she wrote Sunday. "Trump likes the Court when it’s on his side. What he will do if it tells him he has exceeded his authority on a key issue may be an entirely different matter. Of course, he can spin those decisions to claim he would have had great success if only he hadn’t been prevented by a [pick your adjectives] out of control political entity that was devoted to preventing him from making America great again. But we may well face a moment where the president contemplates ignoring a lawful court order."