The Project - by David A Graham (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An urgent, topic-by-topic guide to Project 2025, with everything you need to know about how the second Trump administration is remaking America--from a go-to authority at The Atlantic

When President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, news spread about his implementation of Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page document published by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. The debates--and anxiety--surrounding this initiative have only increased as authors of the Project assume positions of power in the second Trump administration.

So, what is Project 2025, exactly? Who wrote it, and what does it mean for everyday Americans, across the political spectrum, now and in the years to come?

In The Project, award-winning journalist David A. Graham offers much-needed context and distills the essential elements of this sprawling document. Breaking down the Project's strategy for transforming--and radically empowering--the executive branch, Graham then explains what the architects behind Project 2025 are doing with that power: enforcing traditional gender norms, decimating the civil service, performing mass deportations, reducing corporate regulation and worker protections, and more.

Project 2025 is the intellectual blueprint for the new administration, Graham argues, and its tenets should not be legible only to policy wonks. Authoritative yet highly accessible, The Project demystifies it for those whose lives it will affect most.

Review Quotes

"Whittles [Project 2025] down to an easily manageable summation, providing a handy and necessary reference guide for concerned citizens . . . Concise and well-reasoned, Graham's critical handbook uncovers the players and the plays orchestrating this revolutionary political movement that will impact the nation well beyond the four years of Trump's second term."--Booklist, starred review

"A close look at the ultra-rightist Project 2025, now playing in a capital near you . . . [Project 2025] has four chief aims: to restore the man-headed family, dismantle the 'administrative state, ' close the border and defend the nation's sovereignty, and 'secure our God-given individual rights to live freely. . . .' Essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of the Trumpian maelstrom."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers politics and national affairs. He won the Toner Prize for Excellence in National Political Reporting for his coverage of the 2020 presidential election. Before joining The Atlantic, he reported for Newsweek, The Daily Beast, The Wall Street Journal, and The National.