Trump ‘Loyalty tests’ for military, intel agencies: Inside Project 2025

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Published 2024-08-03
Project 2025 dedicates six chapters to "The Common Defense," proposing sweeping changes for the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and the intelligence community. Its goal is to remove any obstacles to Trump’s authority and entrench right-wing culture wars into governance. The proposals include purging military leaders who don't align with Trump’s policies, eliminating what it terms "divisive critical race theory programs," expelling trans individuals from military service, and requiring military aptitude tests for public school students. Project 2025 advocates “a purge of anyone who might disagree with a second Trump administration,” warns top national security lawyer Mark Zaid.

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All Comments (21)
  • As a veteran, I find this absolutely disgusting. We took an oath to the CONSTITUTION, not a single person or party. America has no kings or royalty, nor do we want one.
  • As a veteran this would crash recruitment and destroy our military as we know and love it.
  • "When all you've known is privilege, equality feels like oppression." - this is the privileged lashing out against perceived oppression.
  • "We don’t take an oath to a country, we don’t take an oath to a tribe, we don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or a tyrant or a dictator." --Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley
  • @Jilla0559
    Trump hated that our Generals called him incompetent
  • @pc8863
    Thank you for continuing to cover Project 2025 and putting it front and center.
  • @Hamish-f4b
    "Trump is America's Hitler." -- JD Vance, trump's running mate.
  • @KubotaManDan
    I'm a white man in my 60's and I couldn’t be more excited about VP Kamala Harris running for President!! 💙💙Trump needs to be stopped NOW ! 💙💙I'm Voting for Kamala and All Dems to Save Our Democracy💙💙And You Should Too!!💙💙
  • @mcdaryl
    MAGA's version of Mein Kampf, basically.
  • @karinwolf3645
    I listened to a video about the Heritage Foundation and now I can't sleep!! I'm really glad to hear you digging into this!! tRump getting elected would hold way bigger consequences than most people understand!! 😱😫💩. Vote for Kamala and every blue candidate running!! It's important!! 💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙💃🍹💋😻👵🐺🌵🖖
  • @pamala1019
    My Father was a Veteran in World War II and for the other past Veterans of both World War II World War I, etc. I did not serve under a KING and I will not serve under a Dictator. Something needs to be done now that clown cannot be allowed to ever sit in the oval office again God bless America.
  • @angela1984a
    Truly scary stuff. I sincerely hope that Americans save their Democracy in this years election. Vote Democrat up and down the ballot!
  • This is unconstitutional. Period. Vote for Kamala Harris in November!! Save our country from this Trump and MAGA nightmare we've had to endure since 2016. 🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
  • My enlistment oath (4 times) was to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic . That means thump hasn't got my vote. Go Kamala, will be honored to render you a salute.
  • @BossLadii71
    PLEASE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS! LET NOTHING ELSE DROWN THIS OUT
  • @b21raider27
    This will also Greatly weaken the US military and intelligence agencies. Only loyalty instead of competence.