The current government shutdown has become a pivotal moment in American politics, providing President Donald Trump with a powerful opportunity to accelerate the agenda of Project 2025. While once distancing himself from the plan, Trump is now openly embracing its architects, such as budget chief Russ Vought and Jonathan Berry, and utilizing the shutdown as a tool to dismantle opposing federal agencies, consolidate presidential power, and realign the nation’s governing priorities in harmony with Christian nationalist objectives.
Trump’s recent announcement that he is meeting with Vought to decide which federal agencies will be permanently cut demonstrates a shift in his strategy. What he once dismissed as “ridiculous and abysmal” has now become the blueprint for his second administration. By filling important administrative positions with Project 2025 authors—including Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, John Ratcliffe, Brendan Carr, and Jonathan Berry—Trump is ensuring that the faith-based initiatives of the Heritage Foundation become national policies.
On October 3, 2025, the Associated Press published the following, titled “Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals,” and revealed the following:
• “President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects works to use the government shutdown to accelerate his goals of slashing the size of the federal workforce and punishing Democratic states.” [1]
• “In a post on his Truth Social site Thursday morning, Trump announced he would be meeting with his budget chief, Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies … to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.” [1]
• “I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump insisted in July 2024. “I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.” [1]
• “Trump has since gone on to stock his second administration with its authors, including Vought, “border czar” Tom Homan, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller and Brendan Carr, who wrote Project 2025’s chapter on the Federal Communications Commission and now chairs the panel.” [1]
• “Heritage did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. But Dans, the project’s former director, said it’s been “exciting” to see so much of what was laid out in the book put into action.” [1]
• “It’s gratifying. We’re very proud of the work that was done for this express purpose: to have a doer like President Trump ready to roll on Day One,” said Dans, who is currently running for Senate against Lindsey Graham in South Carolina.” [1]
• “Since his swearing in, Trump has been pursuing plans laid out in Project 2025 to dramatically expand presidential power and reduce the size of the federal workforce.” [1]
• “They are now using the shutdown to accelerate their progress.” [1]
• “The moves are part of a broader effort to concentrate federal authority in the presidency, which permeated Project 2025.” [1]
By employing the mechanisms of Project 2025 to shrink the federal government and drive labor policy reform—particularly through the Fair Labor Standards Act—the federal government is positioned to enshrine Sunday as the nationally mandated “day of rest” for workers. Such a move would mark the legal enforcement of religious doctrine. The ongoing government shutdown, therefore, is not merely a dispute over the federal budget; it is being used as the staging ground to restructure the U.S. government in ways that will accelerate the Project 2025 agenda.
Trump’s embrace of Project 2025’s authors and agenda reveals the plan to empower Christian nationalism within the federal government. Bible prophecy warns that when civil and religious powers unite, liberty dies. America now stands at that very threshold—where the powerful arm of the state will be used to advance religious policies. Revelation 13 describes how church and state will unite to enforce a counterfeit worship in opposition to the law of God.
“Political corruption is destroying love of justice and regard for truth; and even in free America, rulers and legislators, in order to secure public favor, will yield to the popular demand for a law enforcing Sunday observance. Liberty of conscience, which has cost so great a sacrifice, will no longer be respected. In the soon-coming conflict we shall see exemplified the prophet’s words: ‘The dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” (Great Controversy, p. 592).
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[1] https://apnews.com/article/trump-project-2025-russ-vought-shutdown-2d1ea5e6e32c583ddf6b8a8164e523c3
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