Donald Trump has aggressively implemented Project 2025, using executive power broadly, reshaping federal agencies, and achieving notable international interventions. He prevented an Israeli retaliatory strike against Iran, averting a dangerous escalation. Economic effects from his tariff policies are expected to materialize in coming months, raising consumer prices, squeezing businesses, and prompting layoffs across the Midwest. Stalled progress in Ukraine has turned the conflict into a stalemate, reducing incentives for Vladimir Putin to negotiate and undermining presidential dealmaking claims. Media outlets appear dulled, distrusted, and predictable, raising questions about their capacity to hold political power accountable.
It is impossible to argue that President Donald Trump has been ineffective at implementing his Project 2025 plan in the first three quarters of his second term. Like it or not, he has used executive power with abandon, bent federal agencies to his will, and scored a few unexpected wins on the international stage. He even prevented a dangerous escalation between Israel and Iran by halting an Israeli retaliatory strike on an Islamic regime something no modern American president has done. That's no small thing.
The delayed impact of tariffs is about to hit home. For months, critics warned of higher prices and disrupted supply chains. In May and June, those warnings felt premature shelves weren't empty, and growth was steady. But economic policy works on a lag. By October and November, the real effects are expected to land: consumer prices rising, businesses squeezed, layoffs rippling across the Midwest. When Marjorie Taylor Greene is sharing TikTok's of Americans in tears because of economic struggles, you know things are bad.
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