Donald Trump might claim he "doesn't know anything" about Project 2025, but his "Agenda 47" is the exact same blueprint under a different name.
As part of his massively terrible plan to change, dissolve, or restructure every government agency, Trump intends to force over 100,000 federal workers to move from Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
Trump's Agenda 47 is causing further chaos amid an unusually tight U.S. Senate race in heavily Democratic Maryland that could determine control of the Senate.
Maryland voters summarily rejected Trump in the past, and his plan is seen by many as retaliation after he received only 32% of the vote there in 2020.
The proposals could also hinder Trump’s chances of winning Virginia, a state he lost in 2016 and 2020, where a U.S. Senate seat that has always been traditionally Democratic is also on the ballot.
Federal workers are also worried that Project 2025, which includes a proposed overhaul of the federal government crafted by longtime Trump allies, would eliminate thousands of jobs and remove civil service protections for some federal workers.
While Trump has been trying to distance himself from Project 2025, his running mate is the one who wrote its introduction. JD "Vladimir Futon" Vance has denied his connections to the Heritage Foundation, but has given speeches there on more than one occasion.
Fortunately, Trump has always broadcast his plans in front of the entire world, allowing for the Harris/Walz campaign to create ads focusing on how Project 2025 would fully end American democracy if it were ever implemented.