Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly creating a blacklist of senior officials who could be expelled from future administrations, particularly those related to Project 2025, a sweeping U.S. government reform plan. The emphasis is on the person.
The former president’s eldest son, Donald Jr., spearheaded the creation of a list of banned officials, Politico reported, citing former officials from the first Trump administration.
“It’s clear that the people working on Project 2025 are blacklisted,” another former official told the site.
Republican candidates publicly released a 922-page document prepared by the Heritage Foundation think tank after polls showed ideological prescriptions such as mass layoffs and plans to outlaw abortion were an electoral liability. Denied.
Many of the key architects, including former director Paul Dunnes, worked for the Trump administration. Mr. Dance has since criticized some of the Republican candidate’s campaign executives for influencing his decision to distance himself from the project.
Other exclusions include those protesting the Jan. 6 riot in which a mob inspired by President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. These are the people who resigned.
Several of President Trump’s top officials resigned in protest of the episode in the final stages of his administration, which was widely, and incorrectly, thought at the time to signal the end of his political career. . Among them was Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Mick Mulvaney, former White House chief of staff. Elaine Chao, former Secretary of Transportation and wife of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell;
Exclusion orders will also be issued against those deemed dishonest. President Trump has repeatedly made it clear that he considers loyalty to be the number one quality when selecting top staffers.
The ban list comes as a future Trump term would see record turnover rates compared to previous presidents, and authorities considered reining in Trump a key part of their role. This seems to indicate that the government will be different from the first government put in place by the government. The most extreme instinct.
Howard Lutnick, co-chair of Trump’s transition team, said appointees must demonstrate “loyalty” to the former president and his policies.
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Lutnick told the New York Post this month that the Heritage Foundation is “radioactive” because of its intimate role in Project 2025, and does not include anyone associated with the project. “That’s a clear position,” he said.
Others have voiced skepticism, pointing out that an estimated 18,000 Republicans and 100 think tanks had some involvement in the creation of the document, and a total ban would be complicated by staffing requirements. It means to become.
President Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, has a long history with the Heritage Foundation and wrote the foreword for an upcoming book by its president, Kevin Roberts.
