Project 2025 is a plan to reshape the executive branch of the United States federal government in the event of a Republican victory in the 2024 United States presidential election. Established in 2022, the project seeks to recruit tens of thousands of conservatives to Washington, D.C., to replace existing federal civil service workers it characterizes as the "deep state", to further the objectives of the next Republican president. Participants in the project cannot promote a specific presidential candidate, but many have close ties to Donald Trump. The plan would perform a swift takeover of the entire executive branch under a maximalist version of the unitary executive theory — a theory proposing the president of the United States has absolute power of the executive branch — upon inauguration.The development of the plan is led by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative U.S. think tank, in collaboration with some eighty partners including Turning Point USA led by Charlie Kirk; the Conservative Partnership Institute including former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows as senior partner; the Center for Renewing America led by former...