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Project 2025 is the most double talky I've ever seen Donald Trump. "Project 2025? Nope, never seen it, never heard of anything in it, but it's got some great ideas. I'm not going to follow it and I don't have anything to do with it but I hear it has some really good ideas, but I won't be adhering to them."
Reminds me of the "Unite The Right" rally where he wouldn't really condemn anyone: "Those folks are really nasty, but also there's a lot of good folks."
I think this is part of his "charm". He double talks, so if you are a fan you perk up on the positives and let your eyes glass over during the bad parts.
this was actually a key part of Hitler's strategy. early on in the Nazi meetings they would try to pin down and give an exact agenda and set of policies.
he would yell at everyone that they're missing the point. it's more about the vibe than the logic. being vague and ambiguous keeps your options open.
By refusing precise definitions, you are able to retroactively decide what the ideology "always meant". so when it's convenient to hate against health insurance CEOs you are "against the swamp". when it's convenient to dismantle the government you are "against the swamp"
it can mean whatever you want it to. similar with the "enemies of the state"
nazis would use the word marxists or "degenerates" very loosely. makes it very easy to shift blame to a specific target or another when necessary
berlin's degeneracy is because of gays, somewhere else it may be gypsies, another it's the jews, etc.
today we see phrases like "radical leftists" "cultural marxists" "woke ideology" etc
a federal judge blocked some of Trump's orders (Trump ignored it of course) and what does he call him? a radical left judge. something that couldn't be further from the truth- radical left would imply some type of communist or socialist. but it doesn't really matter because the term is vague enough it can work