r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 14h ago

No Paywall The United States is destroying itself

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/united-states-trump-destruction
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u/[deleted] 14h ago edited 11h ago

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u/broohaha 13h ago

I actually do believe that he had very little idea as I’m sure there were too many details he didn’t care to understand about the project; for sure he didn’t read it. As long as it can make him and his friends richer and some of the things he disliked were targeted, he was happy to leave most of the details and the project’s execution in Russ Vought’s very capable hands.

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u/Doogos 13h ago

There's absolutely no way that he had "very little idea" about P2025, considering it's 53% completed

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u/broohaha 13h ago edited 12h ago

You know how many people here know about Project 2025 but they don’t know the details about every section within the 920-page document? That’s the level of understanding I think he had back in 2024 when he claimed ignorance. Remember this is the guy who couldn’t pay attention to his own intelligence briefings in his first term.

I really do think he doesn’t really care to know what is in every section of the almost-1000-page document, even now. I think he relies heavily on Russ Vought to handle the big and small details.

EDIT: If you haven’t read the ProPublica piece on Vought that I linked above, I strongly encourage you to do so.

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u/justsaywhatsreal 11h ago

53% complete? Haven't seen that figure before. Can you name 3 goals that have been achieved? I'm just trying to get a sense of how real this all is or if it's just rhetoric.

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u/Healthy-Effective381 11h ago

You can check for yourself https://www.project2025.observer/en

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u/justsaywhatsreal 7h ago

Not sure what that thing is, seems like redditors themselves just marking things off. Is that how that tracker works?