Stop the hysteria about Project 2025

Published July 24, 2024 11:07am ET



Warnings about America becoming the dystopian Handmaid’s Tale series. Promises to flee the country. Invocations of “fascism” and “authoritarianism.” Warnings that former President Donald Trump will become a dictator if granted a second term. These hysterical notions have spread across the internet, all centered on one thing: “Project 2025.” 

Legacy media and Democratic politicians alike regularly refer to it as “Trump’s Project 2025.” But what is Project 2025, exactly, and would Trump actually implement it if reelected?

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