I got a lot of pushback on here last fall, when I pointed out how, despite their public opposition to Project 2025 and their repudiation of it, the 2024 Trump campaign was still employing and closely aligned with several of its architects.
Thus far, the Trump administration is following the Project 2025 playbook verbatim. The only major component not yet being pursued is an executive order imposing a complete federal abortion ban. Some of the other most controversial components, such as abolishing FEMA and denying federal aid to states hit with natural disasters, are well underway. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas has been pleading with Trump for aid in the aftermath of a tornado outbreak, to no avail. She was Trump's second White House Press Secretary during his first term.