{"id":1035979,"date":"2024-06-14T22:50:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T22:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1035979"},"modified":"2024-06-14T22:50:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T22:50:23","slug":"trumps-78-radical-right-wing-wishes-for-his-78th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-78-radical-right-wing-wishes-for-his-78th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s 78 Radical Right-Wing Wishes for His 78th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>DNC National Press Secretary Emilia Rowland released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cOn Donald Trump\u2019s 78th birthday, we want to make sure the American people know 78 of Trump and his extreme MAGA allies\u2019 radical right-wing wishes for his second term.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Force American women to live under a <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/abortion\/\">wildly unpopular nationwide abortion ban<\/a>, stripping them of their fundamental freedoms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terminate<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/___media_files_publications_issue_brief_2016_sep_1903_saltzman_trump_hlt_care_reform_proposals_ib_v2.pdf\"> the Affordable Care Act<\/a>, ripping health care coverage away from millions of hardworking Americans and potentially allowing health insurance companies to discriminate against the millions of people with preexisting conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gut critical, hard-earned benefits such as\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-floats-cutting-retirement-spending-drawing-quick-pushback-biden-rcna142776\">Social Security and Medicare<\/a> for America\u2019s seniors.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Give more tax handouts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogressaction.org\/article\/trumps-50-billion-tax-giveaway-to-the-100-largest-corporations\/\">big corporations<\/a> and the ultra-wealthy and make working Americans foot the bill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/02\/09\/trump-promises-nra-that-if-elected-no-one-will-lay-a-finger-on-your-firearms-00140818\">Roll back<\/a> gun regulations on pistol braces that have been used in mass shootings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s Project 2025 is plotting to <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2024\/06\/11\/project-2025-promises-to-shut-down-dept-of-education-ban-abortion-roll-back-civil-rights-and-more\/\">eliminate<\/a> the Department of Education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/02\/23\/trump-putin-ukraine-invasion-00010923\">Praise<\/a> Putin for his invasion of Ukraine instead of supporting U.S. allies and defending democracy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump and his extreme Project 2025 allies have a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2024\/06\/11\/project-2025-promises-to-shut-down-dept-of-education-ban-abortion-roll-back-civil-rights-and-more\/\">ban abortion medication<\/a>, making it even more difficult for women to access reproductive health care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allow red states to <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6972021\/donald-trump-2024-election-interview\/\">monitor women\u2019s pregnancies<\/a>, supporting extremist Republicans in violating Americans\u2019 fundamental right to privacy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-says-he-wont-quit-nato-if-europe-pays-its-way\/\">Threaten<\/a> to allow Russia to \u201cdo whatever the hell they want\u201d to our NATO allies.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allow <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6972021\/donald-trump-2024-election-interview\/\">states<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/10\/trumps-telling-comment-punishing-doctors-who-provide-abortions\/\">throw women, doctors, and nurses in jail<\/a> for attempting to provide or receive life-saving reproductive health care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/apr\/28\/donald-trump-judges-create-new-conservative-america-republicans\">Appoint<\/a> more extreme right-wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/potential-candidates-supreme-court-under-second-donald-trump-term\">judges<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump and his Project 2025 allies have a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2024\/06\/11\/project-2025-promises-to-shut-down-dept-of-education-ban-abortion-roll-back-civil-rights-and-more\/\">oust federal officials<\/a> who would stand in the way of Trump\u2019s conspiracy-backed agenda and replace them with Trump\u2019s MAGA minions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-says-looking-policies-restrict-birth-control-access-rcna153323\">Restrict<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/maga-plan-attack-birth-control-surveil-women-ban-abortion-pill-1234934807\/\">access to contraception<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump and his radical Project 2025 allies have a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\">recommit<\/a> to restructuring eligibility to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), threatening to leave individuals and families without the benefits they need.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/house-republicans-life-at-conception-ivf-exception-2024-2?utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_campaign=business-sf&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=topbar\">Threaten<\/a> Americans\u2019 access to <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6972022\/donald-trump-transcript-2024-election\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=sfmc&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter+brief+default+ac&amp;utm_content=+++20240430+++body&amp;lctg=206611744\">using IVF<\/a> to grow their families.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allow big corporations to charge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2021-01-11\/column-cfpb-biden\">bogus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/joe-biden-wants-to-abolish-the-fees-donald-trump-charges-at-his-resorts\">junk fees<\/a> that some of Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-03-05\/trump-ally-tim-scott-seeks-senate-vote-to-block-biden-credit-card-late-fee-cap\">allies<\/a> defend instead of bringing down the costs for working families.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two-time unions by courting their endorsements but also have an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/01\/31\/trump-teamsters-meeting-unions\/\"> anti-labor record<\/a> that prioritized billionaires and corporations at the expense of hardworking Americans and their labor rights.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dismiss efforts to raise the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/10\/22\/21529733\/donald-trump-minimum-wage-debate\">minimum wage<\/a> to put more money into the pockets of American workers.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threaten to appoint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/01\/31\/trump-teamsters-meeting-unions\/\">anti-union <\/a>officials to the National Labor Relations Board like he did in his first term who will consistently side against the American worker.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worsen inflation with reckless policies that his policy advisors have plotted to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2024-elections\/24137666\/trump-agenda-inflation-prices-dollar-devaluation-tariffs\">devalue the US dollar.<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/08\/politics\/trump-economy-crash\/index.html\">economic crash<\/a> for his own political benefit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impose an across the board 10% tariff on imported goods, adding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/18\/politics\/donald-trump-tariffs-trade-war\/index.html\">$230 billion that Americans have already paid thanks to his previous trade wars<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/18\/politics\/donald-trump-tariffs-trade-war\/index.html\">\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wrongfully <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4712170-trump-takes-credit-for-insulin-pricing-biden\/\">take credit for all of President Biden\u2019s hard work<\/a> to cap insulin prices at $35 a month for seniors after failing to cap insulin costs or hold Big Pharma accountable during his four years in the White House.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/02\/07\/trump-medicare-price-negotiations-executive-power\">Undermine<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/03\/26\/fact-sheet-as-house-republicans-release-budget-to-increase-health-care-costs-and-take-away-coverage-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-fight-to-lower-health-care-costs-and-protect-and-strengt\/#:~:text=Raise%20prescription%20drug%20prices%20for,repealing%20the%20Inflation%20Reduction%20Act.\"> Medicare\u2019s ability to negotiate<\/a> fair drug prices for seniors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/21\/politics\/trump-listening-sessions-parkland-students\/index.html\">Arm classroom teachers<\/a> with weapons instead of implementing common-sense gun laws that would help keep our children safe in schools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/02\/09\/trump-promises-nra-that-if-elected-no-one-will-lay-a-finger-on-your-firearms-00140818\">Roll back <\/a>President Biden\u2019s \u201czero-tolerance\u201d policy that revokes federal licenses from firearms dealers that have violated gun laws.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threaten to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogressaction.org\/article\/trumps-plan-to-eliminate-the-department-of-education-is-yet-another-in-a-list-of-terrible-ideas\/\">diminish<\/a> funding for Pell Grant recipients, affecting over 8 million students every year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prioritize the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-speech-nra-gun-owners-second-amendment-de03ae7672f2b1e213da6acbf25df378\">National Rifle Association<\/a> over the American people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enforce <a href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\">sex discrimination laws<\/a> on the basis of biological sex, including <a href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\">banning<\/a> transgender Americans from serving their country in the military, according to Trump\u2019s Project 2025 Playbook.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-vows-stop-gender-affirming-care-minors-re-elected-president-rcna68461\">Rip away access to gender-affirming care<\/a> for minors, preventing people from receiving access to health care they deserve.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s Project 2025 allies want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/battle-plan-how-the-far-right-would-dismantle-climate-programs\/\">defund the Department of Energy<\/a>, including the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and the Loan Programs Office.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\">Reverse<\/a> the Biden Administration\u2019s focus on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/lgbtq-rights\/trump-on-lgbtq-rights-rolling-back-protections-and-criminalizing-gender-nonconformity\">LGBTQ+ community and equity<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stack his cabinet with <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/trumps-second-term-agenda.html#:~:text=While%20Trump%20%E2%80%9Chasn%E2%80%99t,days%20in%20office).\">extreme-right allies.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Destroy the United States\u2019 democracy and freedom and acting as a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-hannity-dictator-authoritarian-presidential-election-f27e7e9d7c13fabbe3ae7dd7f1235c72#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHe%20says%2C%20'You',m%20not%20a%20dictator.'%E2%80%9D\">dictator on \u201cday one.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dream of a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/21\/politics\/trump-unified-reich-video\/index.html\">unified reich<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-says-pardon-large-portion-jan-6-rioters-rcna83873\">Pardon January 6 insurrectionists<\/a>, letting them off the hook for the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slash civil service protections and seize tighter control over <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/trumps-second-term-agenda.html\">bureaucratic operations<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/trump-second-term-plans-wildest-proposals-1234947327\/\">Weaponize the Department of Justice<\/a> to spearhead his personal revenge tour by prosecuting political opponents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ed4b352b-5c06-4f8d-9df7-1b1f9fecb269\">Gut<\/a> President Biden\u2019s historic climate legislation, putting clean energy subsidies and regulations that incentivize electric vehicles on the chopping block.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/agenda47\/agenda47-president-trump-on-making-america-energy-independent-again\">Withdraw<\/a> from the Paris Climate Agreement again, disregarding international efforts to fight climate change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/09\/trump-oil-industry-campaign-money\/\">Dismantle<\/a> regulations on Big Oil and Gas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/09\/trump-oil-industry-campaign-money\/\">Promise<\/a> to roll back regulations for Big Oil after asking them to donate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/jun\/03\/trump-big-oil-campaign-pitch-corruption\">$1 billion to his campaign<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/27\/climate\/trump-electric-vehicles.html\">Unravel<\/a> Biden\u2019s investments in American EV manufacturing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s extreme allies want to eliminate the EPA\u2019s Office of Environmental Justice, threatening its efforts to reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2024\/06\/12\/trump-federal-scientists-climate-environment\/\">harm to lower-income and minority communities who are disproportionately affected by pollution<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recommit to his disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/climate\/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html\">first term agenda<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/feb\/09\/trump-epa-plan-environment\">rolling back <\/a>environmental regulations and undermining the EPA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threaten to double down on his first term agenda that put <a href=\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/how-trump-administration-has-pulled-back-on-regulating-toxic-chemicals#:~:text=The%20Trump%20administration%20has%20halted,birth%20defects%2C%20and%20other%20ailments.\">regulations regarding toxic chemicals on the chopping block<\/a>, despite the fact that they pose serious health threats to the American people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/project-2025-would-increase-costs-for-commuters-defund-transit-maintenance-and-undermine-economic-growth\/\">Defund<\/a> the Federal Transit Administration, hurting millions of Americans who rely on local public transportation every day, according to the plan from Project 2025.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continue to applaud and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/11\/25\/trump-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-kanye-00070825\">cozy up<\/a> to white supremacists, who he\u2019s called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-defends-2017-fine-people-comments-calls-robert\/story?id=62653478\">very fine people<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2021\/09\/donald-trump-white-supremacists-my-people\">my people<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Push for an unconstitutional <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4673353-trump-suggests-he-could-be-a-three-term-president-if-he-wins-election\/\">third term<\/a> if he retakes power.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2024\/05\/01\/donald-trump-anti-white-racism-dei\/73528246007\/\">diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> efforts and work to shift the narrative to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/01\/trump-reverse-racism-civil-rights\">anti-white<\/a>\u201d racism, upending efforts to counter racism and support minority groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump and his Project 2025 allies have a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\">cut federal K-12 public school universal meal <\/a>programs, threatening to allow more children to go hungry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continue to inspire allies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/star-spangled-bans-trump-call-to-preserve-us-history-energized-movement-to-erase\/635856\/\">censor and ban books<\/a> in states.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2022\/03\/donald-trump-critical-race-theory-lay-down-lives\">Try to<\/a> insert his extremism and political interference into public school curriculums.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/13\/politics\/trump-department-of-education-states-2024\/index.html\">Funnel<\/a> money away from public education, plans for which are further outlined in his extreme allies\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/edweek.org\/policy-politics\/what-would-happen-to-k-12-in-a-2nd-trump-term-a-detailed-policy-agenda-offers-clues\/2024\/03#:~:text=On%20the%20campaign%20trail%2C%20Trump,to%20establish%20universal%20school%20choice%20.\">Project 2025 playbook<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threaten to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogressaction.org\/article\/trumps-plan-to-eliminate-the-department-of-education-is-yet-another-in-a-list-of-terrible-ideas\/\">eliminate<\/a> over 490,000 (approximately 14% nationwide) public school teachers instead of addressing the teacher shortage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-student-debt\">Trump Project 2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/01\/11\/gop-presidential-candidates-all-oppose-student-loan-relief-.html\">allies<\/a> want to halt all student loan forgiveness initiatives and programs, exacerbating the ongoing student debt crisis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/11\/09\/2023\/exclusive-trump-defends-family-separation-warns-weaponized-government-could-target-his-opponents-in-univision-sitdown\">Rip<\/a> apart families with his cruel immigration policies.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html\">mass deportation and detention<\/a> of undocumented immigrants.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create detention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-does-not-rule-out-building-detention-camps-mass-deportations-2024-04-30\/\">camps<\/a> near the Southern border.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6972021\/donald-trump-2024-election-interview\/\">Deploy<\/a> the American military to round up immigrants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html\">terminate<\/a> DACA (again).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html\">Ban<\/a> entry for people coming from Muslim-majority countries, again.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-vows-end-birthright-citizenship-children-immigrants-us-illegally-2023-05-30\/\">Abolish birthright citizenship<\/a> in the United States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/12\/18\/trump-praise-authoritarians-00132350\">Continue<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/trump-touts-kim-jong-un-north-koreas-absolute-leader-rcna154294\">praise<\/a> foreign dictators including North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un, despite human rights abuses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Move to withdraw from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/trump-would-very-likely-withdraw-us-from-who-again-says-key-ally-106808\">World Health Organization<\/a> and undermine global health operations, again.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/jun\/13\/trump-state-department-project-2025-purge\">Fire career diplomats<\/a> and replace them with his MAGA cronies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2024\/06\/11\/project-2025-promises-to-shut-down-dept-of-education-ban-abortion-roll-back-civil-rights-and-more\/\">Undermine <\/a>criminal justice reform efforts, as planned with Trump\u2019s Project 2025 playbook.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expand and increase the use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-death-penalty-firing-squad-executions-1234679447\/\">death penalty<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Go after <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/355051-trump-news-network-licenses-must-be-challenged-and-if-appropriate\/\">television companies<\/a> that report what he deems \u201cfake news\u201d and jeopardize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/trump-second-term-plans-wildest-proposals-1234947327\/\">First Amendment<\/a> rights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6972021\/donald-trump-2024-election-interview\/\">Deploy<\/a> the military against American civilians.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-campaign-promises-second-term-rcna138621\">Mobilize<\/a> the National Guard to combat crime.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/payback-time-trump-plans-mass-firings-deportations-second-term-2023-11-14\/\">Department of Justice<\/a> to investigate his political enemies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threaten to disregard Mexico\u2019s sovereignty and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/trump-mexico-kill-teams-drug-cartels-1235016514\/\">send<\/a> armed forces into Mexico to combat the drug cartels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring back large <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-policies-agenda-election-2024-second-term-d656d8f08629a8da14a65c4075545e0f\">mental institutions<\/a> instead of actually addressing the mental health crisis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-policies-agenda-election-2024-second-term-d656d8f08629a8da14a65c4075545e0f\">Force<\/a> unhoused people off of the street by moving them to tent cities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Potentially gut funding for rural schools by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogressaction.org\/article\/trumps-plan-to-eliminate-the-department-of-education-is-yet-another-in-a-list-of-terrible-ideas\/\">$175 million<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Become the first U.S. president to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-testimony-verdict-85558c6d08efb434d05b694364470aa0\">convicted felon<\/a> (oh wait, he already did that).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC National Press Secretary Emilia Rowland released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cOn Donald Trump\u2019s 78th birthday, we want to make sure the American people know 78 of Trump and his extreme MAGA allies\u2019 radical right-wing wishes for his second 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