We're not listening to post-takeover Heritage, we're listening to AFPI, is a real "Okay, but that's worse" thing. Project 2025 basically cast a wide net to get every right-winger under the sun to write about their personal policy hobbyhorses. AFPI is pure distilled Trump cult of personality.

Republicans say the real Trump transition plan is this, not Project 2025

America First Policy Institute has been quietly drafting blueprints for a second Trump administration.

Funny thing about P2025 was it didn't really change how influential (or not) any given idea or people would be in a potential administration. All it did was pull them in together in one convenient public target. AFPI, on the other hand, is effectively Trump's personal policy and personnel shop.