A series of conservative policy proposals known as Project 2025 have become a lightning rod for opponents of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as they try to highlight what they say are the dangers if he retakes the White House.

According to ReutersAt its core, Project 2025 is a series of detailed policy proposals put together by hundreds of high-profile conservatives that project participants hope Trump will adopt if elected. These proposals are recorded in a book of approximately 900 pages.

Democratic President Joe Biden’s campaign previously said the project is evidence that Trump would pursue a series of authoritarian and far-right policies if elected.

Participants in the project are also compiling lists of thousands of conservatives who could be placed in politically appointed positions across the government in the early days of the Trump administration.

Behind the scenes, the project’s partners are drafting executive orders and agency regulations that can be used to quickly implement the policies the project advocates once Trump takes office.

Does it have to do with the Trump campaign?

Yes and no.

Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, even as many of his closest policy advisers are deeply involved in it.

The project, a partnership of dozens of conservative organizations, is overseen by the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank. The group is independent of the Trump campaign, a fact that Project 2025 and Trump himself have emphasized.

“I don’t know anything about Project 2025,” Trump said on social media in early July.

But that’s not the whole story.

In practice, many of Trump’s closest policy advisers and those likely to hold high positions in his administration are deeply involved in the project.

For example, Russ Vought, a former Trump administration official, played a major role in Project 2025.

He also serves as policy director of the Republican National Convention’s platform committee, an appointment the campaign signed off on.

What are the main proposals of the project?

Project 2025’s policy suggestions range from topics from foreign affairs to education.

Project 2025 proposes, among other things, enforcing laws that would make it illegal to ship abortion pills across state lines, criminalizing pornography and eliminating the Department of Education.

The project also calls for a sweeping elimination of environmental regulations and a crackdown on workplace diversity programs, which the project says are broadly illegal.

The project also calls for a broad expansion of presidential power by increasing the number of political appointments and increasing the president’s authority over the Justice Department.

That latest proposal has alarmed many law enforcement officials, who say it will undermine the department’s ability to conduct investigations without political interference.

Does Trump agree with the Project’s proposals?

Trump appears to agree with many – but not all – of the proposals.

In practice, his campaign has a small internal policy team, and he tends to discuss policy along the way only in general terms.

While he has supported several proposals central to Project 2025, such as giving himself the power to radically expand the number of political appointments in government and abolishing the Ministry of Education, he disagrees with other proposals, such as imposing restrictions on abortion pills.

Why is Project 2025 so important right now?

Project 2025 has been around in some form since early 2023.

But in recent months, the Biden campaign has made a concerted effort to raise awareness of Project 2025 among voters and turn the project into a symbol of the far-right political shift it says would take place in the U.S. if Trump were to are chosen.

Biden said in early July that “Project 2025 will destroy America,” and his campaign has created a web page dedicated to the project.

The Democratic National Committee has announced plans for Project 2025 billboards in 10 cities.

A Supreme Court ruling that presidents have broad immunity from prosecution for actions they take while in office has heightened concerns among some Trump opponents that the Project’s efforts to increase presidential power will be particularly dangerous.

The Trump campaign, in turn, has expressed increasing exasperation with the project, repeatedly emphasizing that the project proposals are separate from the campaign’s official policy platform.

In a statement to ReutersA campaign official accused Democrats of fear-mongering and said only the official Republican platform and a set of proposals from the campaign known as Agenda 47 should be considered official.

“Team Biden and the DNC are lying and spreading fear because they have nothing else to offer the American people,” said campaign spokesperson Danielle Alvarez.