CLIMATE

PAGE ONE

Panel 1

Trump, on a horse, charges toward the reader in front of four other horses — the apocalyptic riders from Revelations. The riders are hooded, and one is coughing in the dust Trump’s horse is kicking up.

CAPTION:

The Christian Nationalists behind Project 2025 have replaced the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with the Three Horrors for the Conservatives…

TRUMP:

I like Conquest, but pay no attention to War, Famine, and Death.

Panel 2

Trump and his horse both rear back in fear as they come to three doors. One has a Black Lives Matter flag, one has the Progress Pride flag, and the third shows a climate action icon.

TRUMP:

You should really worry about DEI, gender, and climate action.

CAPTION:

Climate action is a singular horror to them because it might cost their masters short-term profit.

Panel 3

Trump tentatively opens the climate door.

CAPTION:

They find unwanted initiatives addressing all three problems everywhere…

CAPTION:

…and since it’s no secret that Project 2025’s authors want to say what goes on in everybody’s bedroom, here’s what they find under various government agencies’ beds.

Panel 4

In one half of this panel, Trump is in bed, hugging a chicken in fear. The chicken looks unhappy. From beneath the bed, pink tentacles stretch upward toward Trump. In the other half of this panel,

CAPTION:

And what they want to do about it.

CAPTION:

For the USDA…

TRUMP:

“[The USDA] should not place ancillary issues, such as environmental issues, ahead of agricultural production itself.” [2025, p. 290]

CHICKEN THOUGHT BALLOON:

Just what we needed…more factory farms. And since when is climate “ancillary” to agriculture?

Panel 5

Trump is joined in the bed by a Mr. Moneybags figure in a top hat and monocle. Trump sucks his thumb, terrified of the outstretched tentacles.

CAPTION:

The Federal Reserve…

TRUMP:

“The Fed should not be allowed to incorporate ‘environmental, social, and governance factors into its mandate’.” [2025, p. 661]

PAGE TWO

Panel 1

Trump remains in the tentacle-surrounded bed, still fearful, hugging a dribbling oil pipeline with one arm and a coal smokestack with the other.

CAPTION:

The Department of Energy…

TRUMP:

“Eliminate the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, [whose mission is] to minimize the environmental impacts of fossil fuels while working towards net-zero emissions.” [2025, p. 376-377]

SMOKESTACK and PIPELINE (together):

Ohhh, Donald!

Panel 2

Trump hides beneath the covers of the bed as the walls around him crumble.

CAPTION:

They even find it in Housing and Urban Development…

TRUMP:

“Repeal climate change initiatives and spending!”

TRUMP:

And “reverse all actions taken by the Biden Administration to advance progressive ideology.” [2025, p. 508]

Panel 3

Trump peers over the headboard of the bed. The walls have fully crumbled at his feet.

TRUMP:

The global warming hoax, it just never ends. [1]

CAPTION:

That’s what Project 2025 thinks, anyway, and they also find climate monsters hiding in the EPA (of course), the Department of Labor and Transportation, NOAA (so scary they want to dismantle it), the Treasury…

Panel 4

Trump is finally asleep and dreaming. A thought balloon stretches from his mind with a dream image of him building a wall, sweating as he does so, a brick in one hand. Next to him, a thermometer reads 110 degrees.

TRUMP (in dreams):

Don’t believe your lying eyes!

CAPTION:

And they’re…sort of right. There is a hoax, and it’s them trying to wish climate change away.

Panel 5

In another dream thought balloon, we see Trump continuing to build his wall while refugees approach, their tents stretching back to the horizon.

CAPTION:

Which brings us back to War, Famine, and Death. Project 2025 also gets something sort of right about those horsemen when they talk about climate change and USAID.

Panel 6

In another dream thought balloon, Trump stands in the middle of a burning map of the United States, its borders constructed entirely of brick walls.

TRUMP:

“The aid industry claims that climate change causes poverty, which is false. Enduring conflict, government corruption, and bad economic policies are the main drivers of global poverty.” [2025, p257]

CAPTION:

That’s…kind of true! Climate change isn’t the only cause of misery around the globe.

PAGE THREE

Panel 1

Trump shakes hands with Vladimir Putin.

CAPTION:

Enduring conflict is a cause of poverty.

TRUMP:

You didn’t pay? … I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage [Russia] to do whatever the hell they want. [2]

Panel 2

A close-up of Trump’s mugshot. He is wearing an orange jumpsuit.

CAPTION:

So is government corruption.

Panel 3

Trump stands at a podium during one of his rallies. Behind him, supporters hold up signs with slogans like “Drill Baby Drill,” “Deport Illegals,” and “Make America Great Again.”

CAPTION: And so are bad economic policies.

TRUMP: I’ll get rid of the Green New Scam. And we’re gonna drill, baby, drill. [3,4]

Panel 4

Trump stands alone at the same podium, but around him we see only a roaring fire.

CAPTION: That’s your climate future under Trump and Project 2025. The bad news: you can already feel the heat.

CAPTION: The good news: you can vote for a better future.

SOURCES

[1] “Trump muses on war with Russia and praises Kim Jong Un,” by Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post, March 6, 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/06/trump-focuses-foreign-policy-speech-gops-top-donors/

[2] “Fact-checking Trump’s comments urging Russia to invade ‘delinquent’ NATO members,” by AP, PBS News, February 12, 2024, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trumps-comments-urging-russia-to-invade-delinquent-nato-members

[3]

“A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow,” by Michael Copley, Morning Edition (NPR), June 25, 2024, https://www.npr.org/2024/06/25/nx-s1-5006573/trump-election-2024-climate-change-fossil-fuels

[4]

“Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency,” by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, May 13, 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/13/trump-president-agenda-climate-policy-wind-power

[2025] “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” by The Heritage Foundation, 2023, https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf