Project 2025 is a plan to reshape the executive branch of the U.S. federal government in the event of a Republican victory in the 2024 United States presidential election.[1][2] Established in 2022, the project seeks to recruit thousands of conservatives to Washington, D.C. to replace existing federal civil service workers it characterizes as the "deep state" to further the agenda and policies of Donald Trump.[3] 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 over the executive branch – upon inauguration.The plan's development is led by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative U.S. think tank, in association with other organizations including the Conservative Partnership Institute and the Center for Renewing America.[4] It envisions widespread changes across the entire government, particularly about economic and social policy and the role of the federal government and federal agencies. The Washington Post reported the plan includes immediately invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy the military for domestic law enforcement and directing the U.S. Department of Justice to pursue Trump's adversaries.