Conservative strategy book “Project 2025” represents fears of Trump

You may have heard about it, but have you read it? Most of the rumors about Project 2025 are second-hand, and for good reason, because Bloomberg Business Week editor Reyhan Harmanci writes today: It is almost a thousand pages of dense talk about politics in Washington. Should we take it literally or seriously or both? Plus: A The secret of the submarine cableA Visit to an ice cream cone factory and the answers to the Letter Quest of the July issue. If this email was forwarded to you, Click here to login.

In April 2023, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in the US, published a comprehensive document: More than 900 pages of policy proposals entitled Project 2025. It was immediately covered by national media, although some of the initial articles focused on the attempt to create a LinkedIn-like database of 50 conservative groups for people who could occupy a Republican White House, rather than on the document itself. The attention continued through late summer and early fall of last year; major articles from the New York Times And Politico and asked readers to pay attention. For people wondering what a second term for President Donald Trump would look like, these stories said, it would be wise to read this book. The results could be a radical change in American governance.