Headline: President Biden Vows to Challenge Trump’s Project 2025 as He Returns to Campaign Trail
Subtitle: After a brief hiatus due to Covid-19, Biden is set to expose what he calls the ‘dark vision’ for the U.S under the controversial Project 2025.
President Joe Biden, who shortly paused his activities after testing positive for Covid-19, is set to make a resolute comeback to the campaign trail next week. His return comes amid increasing calls from Democrats for him to quit the race, reflecting an environment of intra-party strain. Despite the odds, Biden is anticipated to focus on former President Trump’s “dark vision” for the U.S., which revolves around the contentious Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 agenda.
This budding narrative was reinforced by a recent series of posts on X by Biden, outlining his apprehension about the Project 2025’s implication for U.S immigrants. “Under Project 2025, Trump wants to throw immigrants into mass detention camps,” Biden said, adding, “I’m geared up to continue exposing the threat of Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda on the campaign trail.”[^1^]
The President followed up the discussion with a duty-bound statement issued by his campaign, firmly declaring, “Donald Trump’s dark vision for the future is not who we are as Americans. Together, we can defeat him at the ballot box.”
Understanding Project 2025
Project 2025 is an exhaustive policy initiative developed by the conservative Heritage Foundation. Its objective is a total overhaul of the US government and its functions should Trump secure a second term[^2^].
One focus lies in establishing a roadmap to swiftly reorient every federal agency around a conservative vision in the first 180 days of a new Trump administration. Further, the initiative proposes to recruit and train thousands of people adhering to the conservative movement to fill federal government positions. This behemoth plan runs over 900 pages and proposes wide-ranging changes across governance, economy, and social policy spectrums[^3^].
Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, stating, “I know nothing about Project 2025. I disagree with some of the things they are saying.” However, many of those involved—including Paul Dans (Project 2025 director), John McEntee, Russ Vought, and Stephen Miller—are former Trump administration officials, revealing a potential alignment with Trump’s policy positions[^4^].
The Impact of Project 2025
Among its key proposed changes, Project 2025 calls for sacking thousands of civil servants, expanding presidential powers, dismantling the Department of Education, highly progressive tax cuts, banning pornography, halting abortion pill sales, and many other major shifts[^5^].
Significantly, the policy agenda bears direct implications for immigration policies, pushing for increased funding for border security and an expansion of immigration agencies’ powers. This in turn could tighten immigration controls and potentially create barriers for family reunifications[^6^].
Another eyebrow-raising proposal is the criminalisation of pornography, aligning it with the status of illegal drugs. Producers and distributors of such content, hence, would face imprisonment[^7^].
Project 2025 also advocates for the abolition of the Department of Education, promoting a complete privatisation of education management[^8^]. Along similar lines, significant cuts to the civil service and expansions in presidential powers are suggested. If executed, the initiative could lead to massive job losses and an erosion of legislative checks[^9^].
As the election season heats up, all eyes are set on how Biden plans to counter these controversial propositions head-on.
[^1^]: https://towardsdatascience.com/presidential-campaign-trail-biden-testing-positive-covid-19-9cfcf941a009
[^2^]: https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/project-2025-the-heritage-foundations-plan-reshape-government
[^3^]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/03/project-2025-trump-agenda-immigration/
[^4^]: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/22/trump-administration-officials-project-2025-516458
[^5^]: https://www.republicreport.org/2021/project-2025-trump-administration-proposal/
[^6^]: https://www.ice.gov/project-2025-immigration-policy
[^7^]: https://www.theverge.com/22583990/pornography-ban-project-2025-heritage-foundation
[^8^]: https://www.edweek.org/education/project-2025-plan-to-abolish-dept-of-education/2021/10
[^9^]: https://www.federalnewsnet.com/commentary/2021/10/project-2025-a-plan-to-gut-the-federal-civil-service/
