JD Vance is a Peter Thiel operative. In my view, he is orders of magnitude more dangerous that the Putin/Netanyahu plant, IQ47. Vance holds a JD from Yale. He is cunning enough in the current Administration to be second fiddle. But, when the ailing 2026 U.S. president has vacated the Offal Office, and the Out House becomes Vance's...
IMO Vance's "intelligence" is overrated. He may have done well in the highly structured academic environment. But he's a hollow man, and he has zero political charm. All the big egos on his side of the aisle had to put up with being humiliated by mobster Trump. They're not going to let pipsqueak Vance get away with anything--even if there were enough of them left to circle the wagons around him. The VO of an unpopular P is doomed. And the economic future of the US is grim because of Trump. I'd worry about how to survive that, not worry about a clumsy horse of evil temper somehow winning the race.
I have been saying this for over a year. I really thought he would flee to Argentina (remember he gave them $40B of our tax money), but I am hearing Peter Thiel is being run out of Argentina, so maybe BiG SStinky will flee to Israel - if he lives that long!
To resign will mean to admit fault about something! 45 47 will NEVER admit defeat or fault! He will just continue to pass blame to everyone and everything else!!!
If memory If memory served me correctly, early in this second term of the Trump Administration, I recall reading somewhere that representatives from the Heritage Foundation said that they only needed Trump in office for two years for him to sign executive orders that support the majority of the policies found in Project 2025, or something similar. I may have also heard this on an interview rather than reading it in an article. It is also quite possible that I fabricated this in my own mind. Back in June 2025, I prompted Claude to search the available resources for anything that may relate to the Heritage Foundation or any other politically conservative group, including religious and right-wing extremist groups, that may support this proposition. FWIW, this was the output (Part 1 of 2):
Here is a thorough rundown of what the research actually shows. Your memory is not fabricated — the concept is very real and well-documented — but it appears to be a composite of several related things rather than one single Heritage Foundation statement.
The "Two-Year Window" Language — Where It Actually Came From
The closest match to what you remember is a quote from a senior source within the Trump team itself (not the Heritage Foundation), reported by The Independent around the time of Trump's inauguration. That source told the outlet: "In reality, this is a two-year race. We know that it will be very difficult to hold on to the House and possibly the Senate in the midterms. So we have a two-year window to get everything done." The source also noted that after 2026, attention would shift toward who succeeds Trump, and that there was a real risk of him becoming a lame duck. (https://www.aol.com/news/trump-start-two-race-change-183855746.html)
This framing was then widely amplified by journalists and analysts. A January 2025 Newsweek piece by Shane Croucher made essentially the same argument: that Trump may only have two years at best to drive through sweeping change, noting that historical patterns suggest the party in power tends to lose seats in midterms — and with them, their congressional majority. (https://www.newsweek.com/trump-two-years-sweeping-change-2026-midterms-2018834)
The Heritage Foundation's Own Statements
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts did not use "two-year" language publicly, but he made statements that are arguably more explicit. In one interview, Roberts stated flatly that Project 2025's agenda would be implemented under Trump regardless, saying "there is so much overlap between President Trump's official campaign platform, Agenda 47, and the policies in Project 2025." (https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/heritage-president-kevin-roberts-theres-no-doubt-trump-will-implement-project-2025)
More recently, Roberts appeared on C-SPAN and openly tallied the results, saying Heritage had proposed 1,913 recommendations under Project 2025, and that 1,055 of them had been implemented as of that appearance — giving full credit to Trump. (https://crooksandliars.com/2026/05/heritage-foundation-president-brags-about)
Roberts also framed the project as something much longer in scope than any single term. He has repeatedly said that Project 2025 "is going to transcend the next four years, the next 10 years" and that it represents "the first time in the history of the conservative movement, the apparatus for policy and personnel" built to last — calling it an instrument for "future conservative presidents" as well. (https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/heritage-foundation-president-kevin-roberts-has-repeatedly-said-project-2025-will-0)
The Russ Vought Hidden Camera Video
There is also the undercover footage, which may be part of what you recall hearing in an interview format. In a hidden camera recording made by the UK-based Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 co-author Russ Vought — now Trump's OMB Director — privately dismissed Trump's public disavowals of the project as "graduate-level politics," and revealed that his group was secretly drafting hundreds of executive orders, regulations, and memos to lay the groundwork for rapid action upon taking office, describing it as building "shadow" agencies. (https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/politics/russ-vought-project-2025-trump-secret-recording-invs)
Why the Executive Order Strategy Was Central from the Start
The focus on executive action rather than legislation was built into Project 2025 from the very beginning — and this is arguably the core of what you're remembering. The project was built with a "laser focus on executive action," emphasizing what could be accomplished through direct presidential power rather than the "messy, time-consuming process of legislative change." Trump signed 26 executive orders on Inauguration Day alone — a single-day record. (https://bmiddleton1.substack.com/p/project-2025-the-blueprint-behind)
Your memory is substantially accurate in spirit. The "two-year window" framing came from inside the Trump team itself and was widely reported, and the entire Project 2025 strategy was deliberately built around rapid executive action that wouldn't require Congress — which makes it resilient to a post-midterm legislative slowdown. You may have encountered this across multiple sources (an interview with Roberts, the Newsweek/Independent reporting, and/or the Vought hidden camera footage) and your memory synthesized them into a single attributed claim. That's a very understandable and human thing to do — the idea was everywhere in early 2025.
Congress has the power of the purse. A Democratic-led Congress zeroes out the budget for the Executive Branch. How long do you think the enablers would stick around?
You are correct. Zero budget for the executive branch. Now that is a spectacular idea. 😂😂😂😂 I laugh because it would be funny to see no deliveries to the White House. No coke, no burgers. Although he is suppose to pay for his food.
How long do the enablers stick around? As soon as the check has been cashed they stop showing up. 😀😉
To be clear, the idea of zeroing out the Executive Branch budget is not my idea. Thank heavens! People with big megaphones are advocating for it. The Exec Branch also, weirdly, includes the Department of Injustice, the DOD, State, DHS and a whole host of now-rogue agencies. Perhaps the scalpel could be wielded a bit more precisely, but OTOH I am not aware of any competent cabinet secretary?
I can assure you that there are no current competent cabinet secretaries, set your mind at ease. Human history moves forward thru laws that are obeyed or pitchforks and more recently, guns. So we are at a crossroad……. Assuming the military will not occupy our cities or he is not permitted to use the nuclear codes on us or any other country……this will just fade away. Are you a betting man…
Been saying for a while now that he would be gone just after the second anniversary date of his second term, either quitting to avoid another impeachment or suffering his own Ides of March moment when JD Vance and his cabinet enact Article 25 on him.
Reason why they are waiting till then Vance. If his steps down now or is forced out, then Vance takes over and would only be entitled to one additional four year terms, meaning at best he would be POTUS for slight over six years (six years too many IMHO).
But if they wait until just after Trump second anniversary date to pull the plug on him, then Vance would be entitled to have two full terms of his own along with the remainder of what is left of Trumps term. This means Vance could potentially be POTUS for close to ten years, if he wins his elections that is. And while Vance and the cabinet wait for that time, they are praying Trump doesn't blow everything to hell and back, or drops dead.
Personally I feel that as bad as Trump and as dangerous as he is, Vance would be worse for number of reasons. The evil bastard is smart and savvy, unlike Trump and he is coldly calculating and effecient in his politics. He may not even pardon Trump, if Trump steps down thinking a pardon was a done deal, not wanting to suffer Ford's fate after pardoning Nixon. I would not put it past Vance to pull a Trump on Trump.
The whole Trump administration is a bed of snakes, and Vance is the biggest and most cold blooded in that den of vipers.
I cannot agree with your assessment of Vance! He is a hollow man, there's no there in him. His "intelligence" is of the bookish sort, in a structured environment. Politicians have to have social capacity. No one likes Vance. Plus, what Trump hath wrought is so comprehensively damaging that no one remotely associated with him--let alone one of his apologists- will have a public life again. IMO he'll emigrate to Argentina to be with his Lord & Master Peter Thiel.
Getting the report is easy. You hit subscribe. But I am so cautious when it comes to guessing what Trump will do next. That said, your research is always spot on, and researched like only a lawyer would have patience with. I’m surprised that Trump has stayed this long, but then there is the money….
The MAGA mentality will remain but he will be gone. Maybe an opening, even if small, to some sanity and respect for human life, both gone since he took office.
The MAGA mentality will continue to dissipate because it never was sustainable. Too many Americans, and I mean a majority of Americans, are fed up with what's going on and aren't going to tolerate it anymore.
I agree. I have said it before. He is bored, confused, and tired, and he has made a fortune. He has a sycophant who will try to follow his lead but will soften to get support for a run of his own.
All are good reasons, but I think it's more than that. Being on the receiving end of a subpoena (and by that I mean everyone in his orbit) along with congressional oversight not afraid to pull the trigger is not a good place to be. It's about to hit the fan, and he'll come up with an excuse, as I described in my report, allowing him to walk away with as little exposure as possible.
Trump, should be completely ignored a disgusting pathological liar, a pure bastard who poisons every conversation he enters. a loud, shameless fraud who twists facts, spreads chaos, and drags politics into the gutter. he’s an aging blowhard addicted to attention, a walking mess of ego and deceit, someone whose every word feels like another dump of manipulative garbage.
I know how you feel, but here's the thing: ignoring the problem doesn't solve it. We need to stand tall, be loud, and get in his face out in the midterm. Hopefully, a new Congress with the power of the purse, power of oversight, and separation of powers will make life so uncomfortable for him that he'll take the actions laid out in the new special report.
You may be right, but for all of the reasons argued in the special report, he's about to be exposed 24/7 in a way that could literally bring down not only his presidency but his personal life and business affairs. I just don't see him allowing that to happen. As I predicted, we'll know more in about one year.
I agree but I suspect (hope?) that his poor health combined with the stress of knowing what’s coming after the midterms, will be the end of him (I have some very nice bottles of wine saved for that happiest of days along with a carefully curated playlist).
Mr Schwartz, when THE TIME comes, please drink your very nice bottles of wine as you listen, on repeat, to Lizzie and the Triggermen singing and playing "When That Man Is Dead And Gone". Loudly, so that your Maga neighbours boogie along.
I don’t want him pardoned
I want him in prison
Eating prison food
No phone
No internet
JD Vance is a Peter Thiel operative. In my view, he is orders of magnitude more dangerous that the Putin/Netanyahu plant, IQ47. Vance holds a JD from Yale. He is cunning enough in the current Administration to be second fiddle. But, when the ailing 2026 U.S. president has vacated the Offal Office, and the Out House becomes Vance's...
IMO Vance's "intelligence" is overrated. He may have done well in the highly structured academic environment. But he's a hollow man, and he has zero political charm. All the big egos on his side of the aisle had to put up with being humiliated by mobster Trump. They're not going to let pipsqueak Vance get away with anything--even if there were enough of them left to circle the wagons around him. The VO of an unpopular P is doomed. And the economic future of the US is grim because of Trump. I'd worry about how to survive that, not worry about a clumsy horse of evil temper somehow winning the race.
That's what I've been saying. If he doesn't, JD will remove him in late January under the 25th.
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I have been saying this for over a year. I really thought he would flee to Argentina (remember he gave them $40B of our tax money), but I am hearing Peter Thiel is being run out of Argentina, so maybe BiG SStinky will flee to Israel - if he lives that long!
Peter Thiel is being run out of Argentina??? How delicious, if it happens.
I’ll try to find the blip…
Hmm. I see there have been protests 🤗🎉🤗 but...
Where could he go???
To resign will mean to admit fault about something! 45 47 will NEVER admit defeat or fault! He will just continue to pass blame to everyone and everything else!!!
If memory If memory served me correctly, early in this second term of the Trump Administration, I recall reading somewhere that representatives from the Heritage Foundation said that they only needed Trump in office for two years for him to sign executive orders that support the majority of the policies found in Project 2025, or something similar. I may have also heard this on an interview rather than reading it in an article. It is also quite possible that I fabricated this in my own mind. Back in June 2025, I prompted Claude to search the available resources for anything that may relate to the Heritage Foundation or any other politically conservative group, including religious and right-wing extremist groups, that may support this proposition. FWIW, this was the output (Part 1 of 2):
Here is a thorough rundown of what the research actually shows. Your memory is not fabricated — the concept is very real and well-documented — but it appears to be a composite of several related things rather than one single Heritage Foundation statement.
The "Two-Year Window" Language — Where It Actually Came From
The closest match to what you remember is a quote from a senior source within the Trump team itself (not the Heritage Foundation), reported by The Independent around the time of Trump's inauguration. That source told the outlet: "In reality, this is a two-year race. We know that it will be very difficult to hold on to the House and possibly the Senate in the midterms. So we have a two-year window to get everything done." The source also noted that after 2026, attention would shift toward who succeeds Trump, and that there was a real risk of him becoming a lame duck. (https://www.aol.com/news/trump-start-two-race-change-183855746.html)
This framing was then widely amplified by journalists and analysts. A January 2025 Newsweek piece by Shane Croucher made essentially the same argument: that Trump may only have two years at best to drive through sweeping change, noting that historical patterns suggest the party in power tends to lose seats in midterms — and with them, their congressional majority. (https://www.newsweek.com/trump-two-years-sweeping-change-2026-midterms-2018834)
The Heritage Foundation's Own Statements
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts did not use "two-year" language publicly, but he made statements that are arguably more explicit. In one interview, Roberts stated flatly that Project 2025's agenda would be implemented under Trump regardless, saying "there is so much overlap between President Trump's official campaign platform, Agenda 47, and the policies in Project 2025." (https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/heritage-president-kevin-roberts-theres-no-doubt-trump-will-implement-project-2025)
More recently, Roberts appeared on C-SPAN and openly tallied the results, saying Heritage had proposed 1,913 recommendations under Project 2025, and that 1,055 of them had been implemented as of that appearance — giving full credit to Trump. (https://crooksandliars.com/2026/05/heritage-foundation-president-brags-about)
Roberts also framed the project as something much longer in scope than any single term. He has repeatedly said that Project 2025 "is going to transcend the next four years, the next 10 years" and that it represents "the first time in the history of the conservative movement, the apparatus for policy and personnel" built to last — calling it an instrument for "future conservative presidents" as well. (https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/heritage-foundation-president-kevin-roberts-has-repeatedly-said-project-2025-will-0)
The Russ Vought Hidden Camera Video
There is also the undercover footage, which may be part of what you recall hearing in an interview format. In a hidden camera recording made by the UK-based Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 co-author Russ Vought — now Trump's OMB Director — privately dismissed Trump's public disavowals of the project as "graduate-level politics," and revealed that his group was secretly drafting hundreds of executive orders, regulations, and memos to lay the groundwork for rapid action upon taking office, describing it as building "shadow" agencies. (https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/politics/russ-vought-project-2025-trump-secret-recording-invs)
Why the Executive Order Strategy Was Central from the Start
The focus on executive action rather than legislation was built into Project 2025 from the very beginning — and this is arguably the core of what you're remembering. The project was built with a "laser focus on executive action," emphasizing what could be accomplished through direct presidential power rather than the "messy, time-consuming process of legislative change." Trump signed 26 executive orders on Inauguration Day alone — a single-day record. (https://bmiddleton1.substack.com/p/project-2025-the-blueprint-behind)
Analysis of Vought's philosophy notes that even if Republicans were to lose the House or Senate in the 2026 midterms, it was unlikely to deter Vought, since he and much of the Trump White House are committed to the "unitary executive theory" — the argument that the president has control over all executive branch officials and that Congress cannot limit that control. (https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/blogs/academic-expertise/who-is-project-2025-co-author-russ-vought-and-what-is-his-influence-on-trump)
The Actual Implementation Numbers
A CNN analysis found that over two-thirds of Trump's 53 executive orders in his first week aligned with Project 2025. By the end of 2025, over 80% of Project 2025's actions related to public lands had been implemented or begun (https://westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from-disavowal-to-delivery-the-trump-administrations-rapid-implementation-of-project-2025-on-public-lands/). A separate tracker by the Center for Progressive Reform found that as of February 2026, the administration had initiated or completed 53% of Project 2025's broader domestic administrative policy agenda — 283 of 532 recommended actions. (https://progressivereform.org/tracking-trump-2/project-2025-executive-action-tracker/)
Bottom Line
Your memory is substantially accurate in spirit. The "two-year window" framing came from inside the Trump team itself and was widely reported, and the entire Project 2025 strategy was deliberately built around rapid executive action that wouldn't require Congress — which makes it resilient to a post-midterm legislative slowdown. You may have encountered this across multiple sources (an interview with Roberts, the Newsweek/Independent reporting, and/or the Vought hidden camera footage) and your memory synthesized them into a single attributed claim. That's a very understandable and human thing to do — the idea was everywhere in early 2025.
I agree.
OR he has a medical event becomes like Mc Connell and he is not removed because the cabinet continues the grift. This goes on until 2028.
Congress has the power of the purse. A Democratic-led Congress zeroes out the budget for the Executive Branch. How long do you think the enablers would stick around?
You are correct. Zero budget for the executive branch. Now that is a spectacular idea. 😂😂😂😂 I laugh because it would be funny to see no deliveries to the White House. No coke, no burgers. Although he is suppose to pay for his food.
How long do the enablers stick around? As soon as the check has been cashed they stop showing up. 😀😉
To be clear, the idea of zeroing out the Executive Branch budget is not my idea. Thank heavens! People with big megaphones are advocating for it. The Exec Branch also, weirdly, includes the Department of Injustice, the DOD, State, DHS and a whole host of now-rogue agencies. Perhaps the scalpel could be wielded a bit more precisely, but OTOH I am not aware of any competent cabinet secretary?
I can assure you that there are no current competent cabinet secretaries, set your mind at ease. Human history moves forward thru laws that are obeyed or pitchforks and more recently, guns. So we are at a crossroad……. Assuming the military will not occupy our cities or he is not permitted to use the nuclear codes on us or any other country……this will just fade away. Are you a betting man…
Seems to me that TACO is the key.
Been saying for a while now that he would be gone just after the second anniversary date of his second term, either quitting to avoid another impeachment or suffering his own Ides of March moment when JD Vance and his cabinet enact Article 25 on him.
Reason why they are waiting till then Vance. If his steps down now or is forced out, then Vance takes over and would only be entitled to one additional four year terms, meaning at best he would be POTUS for slight over six years (six years too many IMHO).
But if they wait until just after Trump second anniversary date to pull the plug on him, then Vance would be entitled to have two full terms of his own along with the remainder of what is left of Trumps term. This means Vance could potentially be POTUS for close to ten years, if he wins his elections that is. And while Vance and the cabinet wait for that time, they are praying Trump doesn't blow everything to hell and back, or drops dead.
Personally I feel that as bad as Trump and as dangerous as he is, Vance would be worse for number of reasons. The evil bastard is smart and savvy, unlike Trump and he is coldly calculating and effecient in his politics. He may not even pardon Trump, if Trump steps down thinking a pardon was a done deal, not wanting to suffer Ford's fate after pardoning Nixon. I would not put it past Vance to pull a Trump on Trump.
The whole Trump administration is a bed of snakes, and Vance is the biggest and most cold blooded in that den of vipers.
I cannot agree with your assessment of Vance! He is a hollow man, there's no there in him. His "intelligence" is of the bookish sort, in a structured environment. Politicians have to have social capacity. No one likes Vance. Plus, what Trump hath wrought is so comprehensively damaging that no one remotely associated with him--let alone one of his apologists- will have a public life again. IMO he'll emigrate to Argentina to be with his Lord & Master Peter Thiel.
Getting the report is easy. You hit subscribe. But I am so cautious when it comes to guessing what Trump will do next. That said, your research is always spot on, and researched like only a lawyer would have patience with. I’m surprised that Trump has stayed this long, but then there is the money….
The MAGA mentality will remain but he will be gone. Maybe an opening, even if small, to some sanity and respect for human life, both gone since he took office.
The MAGA mentality will continue to dissipate because it never was sustainable. Too many Americans, and I mean a majority of Americans, are fed up with what's going on and aren't going to tolerate it anymore.
Hopefully. 😊
Hi Mitch, how do I access the 16-page report, and your book?
Since you are a paid subscriber, go to the "Perks" link here https://mitchthelawyer.substack.com/perks
I agree. I have said it before. He is bored, confused, and tired, and he has made a fortune. He has a sycophant who will try to follow his lead but will soften to get support for a run of his own.
All are good reasons, but I think it's more than that. Being on the receiving end of a subpoena (and by that I mean everyone in his orbit) along with congressional oversight not afraid to pull the trigger is not a good place to be. It's about to hit the fan, and he'll come up with an excuse, as I described in my report, allowing him to walk away with as little exposure as possible.
If I had the option to go into exile, or face what he's facing? Puttering around re-decorating vs. being torn apart publicly? I'd go into exile 🤔
Trump, should be completely ignored a disgusting pathological liar, a pure bastard who poisons every conversation he enters. a loud, shameless fraud who twists facts, spreads chaos, and drags politics into the gutter. he’s an aging blowhard addicted to attention, a walking mess of ego and deceit, someone whose every word feels like another dump of manipulative garbage.
Yes mid terms will be critical for the future of the world
I know how you feel, but here's the thing: ignoring the problem doesn't solve it. We need to stand tall, be loud, and get in his face out in the midterm. Hopefully, a new Congress with the power of the purse, power of oversight, and separation of powers will make life so uncomfortable for him that he'll take the actions laid out in the new special report.
Unfortunately I think this is wishful thinking. He will never relinquish power unless he'sforced out/ impeached. Or if/when he bites the dust
You may be right, but for all of the reasons argued in the special report, he's about to be exposed 24/7 in a way that could literally bring down not only his presidency but his personal life and business affairs. I just don't see him allowing that to happen. As I predicted, we'll know more in about one year.
I agree but I suspect (hope?) that his poor health combined with the stress of knowing what’s coming after the midterms, will be the end of him (I have some very nice bottles of wine saved for that happiest of days along with a carefully curated playlist).
That’s one of the songs in the playlist. Period. There are so many good choices
Mr Schwartz, when THE TIME comes, please drink your very nice bottles of wine as you listen, on repeat, to Lizzie and the Triggermen singing and playing "When That Man Is Dead And Gone". Loudly, so that your Maga neighbours boogie along.