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[quote=Anonymous]Here’s how the proposed changes outlined in the NYT article align with Project 25 priorities. You know, the same Project 25 that Trump claimed he didn’t know anything about and wasn’t following anyway.

1. Mass layoffs, buyouts by Sept. 30  
   → Aligns with: Downsizing the federal workforce  
   Cuts career diplomats to install ideologically aligned personnel.

2. Elimination of climate, refugee, democracy, and human rights bureaus  
   → Aligns with: Deconstructing the administrative state  
   Dismantles progressive policy arms of foreign affairs.

3. End of the Foreign Service Exam; loyalty-based hiring  
   → Aligns with: Loyalty over meritocracy  
   Replaces institutional career paths with political alignment.

4. AI used to draft documents and plan policy  
   → Aligns with: Technocratic streamlining  
   Centralizes power, reduces bureaucratic discretion.

5. Replacement of regional bureaus with 4 new “corps”  
   → Aligns with: Structural government overhaul  
   Simplifies hierarchy to assert tighter executive control.

6. Closure of most Africa-related operations  
   → Aligns with: "America First" foreign policy  
   Retreat from global engagement not seen as strategically essential.

7. Cut Fulbright scholarships (except national security); eliminate Rangel/Pickering  
   → Aligns with: Limiting liberal education pipelines  
   Defunds diversity- and diplomacy-focused academic programs.

8. New Under Secretary for Transnational Threat Elimination  
   → Aligns with: National security priority  
   Elevates immigration, terrorism, and cross-border crime issues.

9. USAID functions absorbed into humanitarian bureau  
   → Aligns with: Centralization and weakening soft power  
   Shrinks independent aid arm; shifts focus to crisis-only response.

10. Downsizing U.S. operations in Canada  
    → Aligns with: Bilateral over multilateral diplomacy  
    De-emphasizes traditional alliances unless deemed security-critical.

11. 50% budget cut; embassy and consulate closures  
    → Aligns with: Fiscal restraint and isolationist lean  
    Reduces global diplomatic footprint, slashes spending.

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