Federal employees are to be given a new set of rules, according to the US President, where they will have to promote his policy. At the same time, their previous employment protection will be eroded.
If the officials "refuse to work to implement the President's policy or engage in corrupt behavior, they should no longer have a job", Trump writes on Truth Social.
"It's common sense, and will allow federal authorities to finally be able to 'be run like a business'", he continues.
The goal, claims Trump, is to eradicate corruption and a step in his fight against the "deep state" that he claims is opposing him.
News agency AP reports that the plans are outlined in the ultra-conservative and in many circles notorious plan Project 2025, which Trump officially distanced himself from during the election campaign last autumn but as President has partially implemented – including attempting to shut down the Education Department and several other authorities and deport undocumented migrants.
The proposal is part of a presidential order Trump signed on his first day as President, and according to AP will be followed by a new order that confirms the decision.
The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation and conservative allies have since the beginning of the 1980s worked out action plans with "wish lists" of what they want to see from Republican governments.
These action plans usually have a significant influence on policy.
The action plan ahead of last year's election was called Project 2025 and was unusually comprehensive, over 900 pages long. It described a lawless and chaotic USA "poisoned by 'wokeness'" – where conservatives need to seize power immediately to save a sinking ship.
Among the wishes are to strengthen presidential power and change the state apparatus, shut down the Education Department and several other authorities, make sure abortions are no longer part of healthcare, dismantle climate policy, abolish equality and diversity initiatives, deport undocumented migrants, and lower taxes.
Many of the proposals have been incorporated since Donald Trump took office in January, despite the President formally distancing himself from Project 2025.
Just before the election in November last year, Heritage Foundation presented another plan: Project Esther. It aims to combat what is seen as anti-Semitism in the pro-Palestinian movement in the USA, including by labeling students as Hamas supporters and then deporting them.
Sources: Forbes, The New York Times, Axios, Heritage Foundation
