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Fresh Air

The Organization Ready To Help Trump Override The Federal Gov't

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🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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New York Times reporter Ken Bensinger says the America First Policy Institute, which has nearly 300 executive orders ready to be signed, would influence a Trump second term more than Project 2025.

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Oh! This is fresh air. I'm Dave Davies. Project 2025, the Heritage

0:29.2

Foundation's blueprint for a second Trump term has gotten a lot of attention and criticism in the

0:34.4

last few months. But our guest Ken Benzinger writes that a different

0:38.6

organization, the America First Policy Institute, is poised to be far more influential in staffing and

0:45.2

guiding a potential second Trump administration. In a story published last week,

0:50.3

Benzinger and the Times David Ferranthal described training sessions the Institute

0:55.0

held to help potential Trump staff deal with the mainstream media and overcome the resistance

1:00.8

of quote federal bureaucrats. The story also traces the origins of the group to wealthy Texas

1:06.8

Conservatives bent on planning a second Trump term as early as 2020.

1:11.5

Benzinger has also written about the Trump campaign's failure to commit to agreements

1:16.5

and ethics rules required under federal law to start the process

1:24.1

for planning a new administration. Ken Bensinger is a Pulitzer Prize finalist who joined the

1:25.9

New York Times in 2022. He previously reported for the Wall Street

1:30.3

Journal, Smart Money magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Buzzfeed News.

1:35.1

Well, Ken Benzinger, welcome to Fresh Air.

1:38.1

Let's talk about the America First Policy Institute and how it's distinct from the Heritage Foundation, which produced Project 2025,

1:45.8

which has gotten so much attention.

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