Transition officials have used Project 2025's extensive personnel database to identify potential hires for the incoming administration, a person familiar with the plans said.

Summary

Despite disavowing Project 2025 during the campaign, Trump’s transition team is now using its extensive database of vetted conservative candidates to help fill over 4,000 government positions.

Project 2025, criticized for its extreme policy proposals and links to Trump’s first administration, created a “conservative LinkedIn” of 10,000 candidates.

While some contributors are being tapped for key roles, others face rejection due to controversial stances.

Democrats, who used Project 2025 in campaign attacks, are warning of its influence on Trump’s agenda and planning policy responses.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Trump has never read Project 2025. Or Mein Kampf. Or The Art of the Deal. Or any book in his life.

    He might have listened to the audiobook version of Mein Kampf, but probably not in the original German like his dad would have.