MAGA Difficulties

Increasing American Greatness Requires
Continued Economic Growth and Political Stability
 with Few Dead Soldiers
Sources: FRED, GROK and others as stated.

Index

The MAGA Plan or Project 25
 Just began this study on 8/15/25 so I have some GROK checking to do.
Economic Growth Difficulties
 P
 pPolitical Instability
F
 FFew Dead Soldiers
 

See Trump's Economy

 

 

The MAGA Plan or Project 25 Plan
According to GROK
 Top 5 Likes and Dislikes

  • Criminalize production and distribution Pornography:
  • Eliminate DEI Programs: across federal agencies.
  • Privatize Public Services like education and healthcare.  FED Don't Like, Send Money
  • Enhance Border Security:
  • Deregulate Business: to promote economic growth.
  • Curtail Press Freedoms:
  • Expand Presidential Pardons:
  • Use Military Domestically: for domestic law enforcement purposes. Don't Like, Send Money.
  • Remove LGBTQ Protections:
  • Promote Christian Nationalism:
     
  • Consolidate Executive Power: by strengthening presidential control over the federal government.
  • Replace Civil Servants: with politically loyal appointees.
  • Dismantle Agencies: like the Department of Education and Department of Homeland Security.
  • Reduce Environmental Regulations: to favor fossil fuel industries.
  • Cut Medicare and Medicaid:
  • Ban/Limit Abortion Pills Nation Wide:
  • Revive Comstock Act: to restrict reproductive rights further.
  • Mass Deportation: of undocumented immigrants. Not worth the expense
  • Create Personnel Database: to recruit conservative staff for government roles.
  • Launch Training Program: to train appointees to implement policies.
  • Develop 180-Day Playbook:
  • Reduce Federal Workforce: It aims to significantly reduce the size of the federal workforce.
  • Limit Labor Protections: by scaling back labor regulations and union protections.
  • Restrict Voting Rights: I do not know what this means
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    Economic Growth Difficulties

    Interest Rates Going Up
     Fewer People Working
     Rare Earth Difficulties
     

    Interest Rates Going up

    Interest Rate History

     

    Fewer People Working

    Will Labor Force Participation Rate Continue to Fall

     

    Especially in Manufacturing

     


    China Difficulties

     

    Rare Earth Metals a Difficult US/China Problem

     

    Political Instability

    MAGA Movement Difficulties

    Shadow Docket, the Supreme Court's Ax

    Erosion of Democratic Norms

    Fascism: How It Works
     

    MAGA Movement Difficulties

    Negative media portrayal associated with promoting national division.

    Tension with academic institutions because of distrust intellectual elites.

    Alienation of progressive over support for traditional values.

    Agenda tensions caused by MAGA diversity

    Animosity of working Americans caused by tariffs agenda.

     

     "shadow docket"  The Supreme Court Ax from GROK
     refers to emergency actions involving expedited decisions with
    limited briefing, no oral arguments, and minimal or no explanation.
    They can have far-reaching impacts despite their procedural obscurity.
    Shadow Actions issued without explanation, transparency and legal reasoning.

     

    Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo (9/8/25)
    Allowed aggressive California ICE immigration enforcement procedures
    to continue pending further litigation.

    Trump v. American Fed. of Government Employees (7/25)
         Allowed Trump Mass Firings     pending further litigation

     

    McMahon v. New York (7/25)
    Allowed Continued firings and program transfers pending further litigation
     

    Trump v. Boyle (7/25)
    Allowing Trump     Firing Without Cause    .

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    Homeland Security v. D.V.D. (6/25)
    DHS allowed third-country removals to proceed     pending appeal.


    Trump v. CASA (5/25)
     Curbed the scope of district court nationwide injunctions
    allowing the execution of President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship
         Outlier  this action involved oral arguments
     
        Shadow Docket Summary  
     Presidents Emergency
    Applications    		 Granted  

    Who Won Republicans or Democrats?

     

    		  
     Bush and Obama 8 4 2000 Bush v. Gore ended Florida recount giving election to Republican Bush 2.0
    2013 Wheaton College v. Burwell ACA contraception coverage stayed for Relegion.
    2016 West Virginia v. EPA 5-4 SC halting state compliance with a Clean Power Plan
     

     Trump 1.0

    		  

    41

    		  

    28

    		  

    Many concerned high-profile issues like immigration, voting rights, public health

     Biden

    19

    10
    2024  FDA v. Alliance for ...Abortion pill distribution allowed
    2024 Garland v. VanDerStok "ghost gun" kits required background checks/ serial numbers  
     

     Trump 2.0

    		  

    18

    		  

    17

    		  

    Immigration, environmental regulations, abortion, student loan, civil rights

     

    Erosion of Democratic Norms
    creates a feedback loop where distrust in institutions
    fuels further norm-breaking,
     which deepens public cynicism and polarization.

    1. Erosion Signs source GROK
     Challenges to Electoral Integrity
    Undermining Judicial Independence
    Attacks on Free Press
    Weakening of Institutional Checks and Balances
    Polarization and Norm-Breaking Rhetoric

    The Erosion Democratic Norms May lead to Instability
    I    ncreased Political Violence
    Authoritarian Drift
    Public Disengagement

    2. How Democracies Die by S. Levitsky, D Ziblatt 2018

    GROK Summary

    Authoritarian leaders tend to:

    Rejecting democratic rules

    Denying opponents’ legitimacy

    Tolerating or encouraging violence

    Curtailing civil liberties

    Erode unwritten democratic norms
     Mutual Toleration    : Accepting political opponents as legitimate rivals rather than enemies.
    Institutional Forbearance    : Exercising restraint in using power to avoid overreaching.

    Use Controlling Tactics
     Capturing Institutions    : courts, electoral systems, or media to entrench power
    Sidelining Opponents     using legal or extralegal means to marginalize rivals
    Polarization as a Catalyst     using societal divisions “enemies,”

     

     

      
     

    War Fatilities Already Low

     

      Trump Did OK Passing Problem to Next President  

     

    Interest Rate History

    High Interest Rates Could Crucify America on a Cross of Bit Coins

     

    Labor Force Participation Rate Going Down?

     

    Rare Earth Metals a Difficult US/China Problem

     

    Rare Earth Manufacturing Construction Needed

     

     
         

    Shadow Docket Summary

    		  
    Presidents Emergency
    Applications    		 Granted  

    Who Won Republicans or Democrats?

     

    		  
    Bush and Obama 8 4 2000 Bush v. Gore ended Florida recount giving election to Republican Bush 2.0
    2013 Wheaton College v. Burwell ACA contraception coverage stayed for Relegion.
    2016 West Virginia v. EPA 5-4 SC halting state compliance with a Clean Power Plan
     

    Trump 1.0

    		  

    41

    		  

    28

    		  

    Many concerned high-profile issues like immigration, voting rights, public health

    Biden

    19

    10
    2024  FDA v. Alliance for ...Abortion pill distribution allowed
    2024 Garland v. VanDerStok "ghost gun" kits required background checks/ serial numbers  
     

    Trump 2.0

    		  

    18

    		  

    17

    		  

    Immigration, environmental regulations, abortion, student loan, civil rights