> I think the people in Trump's inner circle now are sycophants first

If this is the case, we could at least likely put to rest most concerns that Trump will be implementing much of Project 2025.

I'd be very surprised if he had too much to do with that plan directly. Assuming that's true, and if he's only surrounded by yes men, no one is there to convince him to do anything other than exactly what he himself wants to do.