US Project 2025 aims for centralised policy control

Significance

Initially intended as a think tank-led operation to assist recruitment during the transition process to a second Trump administration, Project 2025's many policy recommendations include a greater concentration of executive power within the White House through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Impacts

• Giving his sons and running mate leadership of the Trump transition team suggests personnel selections will be based primarily on loyalty.
• The Harris transition team will be led by Yohannes Abraham, who worked with Harris when leading the Biden transition team four years ago.
• Implementing the Project 2025 recommendations for OMB would significantly enhance White House power over the executive branch.
• A second Trump administration would build on recent Supreme Court moves to curb aspects of the administrative state.