Throughout this election season, Project 2025 was referenced over and over by Democrats and Republicans alike. During the presidential debate in September, Kamala Harris called it a "detailed and dangerous plan" that former President Trump would implement if he were elected again. Trump denied any involvement with it, saying “I haven’t read it. I don’t want to read it, purposely.” Since then, he has continued to try to distance himself from the conservative initiative.
With all the rhetoric surrounding Project 2025, it’s been difficult to understand what it actually is. In a nutshell, Project 2025 is a multi-pronged plan that aims to influence the next Republican president (aka, Trump). Per its website, it has four parts: a policy agenda for the new president, a database of people who could serve in his administration, a training for those people called the “Presidential Administration Academy,” and a playbook of recommended actions to be taken within the first 180 days of the administration.
