Summary
President Trump's administration has slowed the implementation pace of Project 2025, a set of conservative policy proposals. An online tracker indicates that the number of implemented policies has decreased recently. The project was initially controversial, with President Trump showing partial disagreement with it before his election victory.
Key Facts
- Project 2025 is a policy document with 900 pages of proposals, led by the Heritage Foundation.
- The tracker reports a decrease in policy implementation since August, from 13 to about 1 objective per month.
- President Trump has implemented 48% of Project 2025, including budget cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
- The document outlines 318 objectives, with 119 completed and 66 in progress.
- The latest approved plan is for a road project to aid mine development.
- President Trump is more involved with Project 2025 now, frequently meeting with supporters of the plan.
- Critics, like California Governor Gavin Newsom, say Trump is increasingly embracing the plan's cuts and divisive policies.
