Who is Pulling Trump's Strings?

Project 2025

By Jeffrey Thomas

Published: March 27, 2025   •    2 min read

I’ve been around long enough—government offices, private deals, high-stakes rooms—to know when something doesn’t add up. And I’ll tell you straight:

That’s not an insult. That’s just experience talking. Look back at his first term. It was disorganized and confused. Staff came and went like a revolving door. And not much actually got done. His own comments made it obvious he had no idea how the government actually worked and he blamed his lack of accomplishments on the "deep state."

Now suddenly, everything is different. This time, things are happening fast. Really fast. Policies are rolling out one after another. No hesitation. It’s like someone flipped a switch and handed him a playbook. And that’s exactly the point. Presidents don’t just wake up one day with a fully built, step-by-step plan for taking over the entire government structure. That kind of thing gets written ahead of time—by people you’ve probably never heard of. So if the man you trust isn’t really the one making the calls…then who is?

This isn’t some small idea floating around. It’s a complete plan—who to hire, who to fire, what rules to change, and how to reshape the system from top to bottom. It’s detailed. It’s organized. And it was ready before any election result. Groups like The Heritage Foundation and others have been working on this quietly. And, if you actually read their plan, you’ll see immediately that Trump is following their plan line by line.

So if Trump isn't making the decisions, who is? Who are these people, and what is their end goal? I think you would be surprised by the answer.