Section 2 · The Common Defense
🌐Ch. 6 — Department of State
State · 13 tracked
Install acting/Schedule C political leadership across State on Day One
Proposed
Mandate urges placing appointees into roles pending confirmation, flooding non-PAS senior advisor/PDAS/DAS slots with PPO picks, increasing political appointee numbers, and ensuring no holdover leaders remain after January 20.
Accept all ambassador resignations and recall non-aligned career chiefs of mission
Proposed
Mandate says go further than past GOP practice: accept all political ambassador resignations and quickly reassess/recall career ambassadors hostile to the agenda or in posts where policy will change, prioritizing presidential friends for key posts.
Freeze unratified agreements, stop enforcing unratified treaties, revoke C-175
Proposed
Mandate directs freezing unratified treaty/agreement work, standing down enforcement of unratified treaties, identifying ‘agreements’ that are really treaties for Senate referral, withdrawing stale treaties, and revoking most C-175 authorities delegated to other agencies.
Adopt confrontational China strategy and draft ‘Article X’ mandate
Proposed
Mandate rejects ‘compete where we must, cooperate where we can,’ demands external pressure on the PRC, and calls for a presidentially mandated Article X-style philosophical strategy drafted with NSC.
Impose ‘sovereign Mexico’ and fentanyl-free frontier posture
Proposed
Mandate declares Mexico a national-security disaster run by cartels and demands a sovereign Mexico policy plus leveraging that posture for a fentanyl-free frontier, including pressure on precursor flows.
Bar rainbow/BLM flags and stop exporting LGBT/abortion agendas
Proposed
Mandate says divisive symbols like the rainbow or BLM flag have no place beside the U.S. flag at embassies, and Africa policy should reject imposing radical abortion and pro-LGBT initiatives.
Strict visa reciprocity, recalcitrant-country sanctions, Remain in Mexico
Proposed
Mandate demands strict visa reciprocity, sanctions on recalcitrant countries that won’t accept removals, and Day One reactivation of Remain in Mexico, safe third country, and related asylum border policies with DHS.
Reject Iran nuclear deal revival; pressure for regime change by Iranian people
Proposed
Mandate says neither preserve nor repeat Obama/Biden Iran approaches; pursue policy acknowledging U.S. interest in Iranians achieving democratic government, using economic/diplomatic tools to ease a path to a free Iran.
Limit Ukraine aid; prioritize China; require full pay-fors
Proposed
Mandate’s Ukraine guidance (within China-first frame) says continued U.S. involvement must be fully paid for, limited to military aid rather than open-ended war, with European nations taking the lead—and U.S. not continuing involvement per one bracketed view.
Expand Abraham Accords and defund Palestinian Authority
Proposed
Mandate urges building on Trump Abraham Accords, reversing Biden MidEast steps as appropriate, and defunding the Palestinian Authority while strengthening Saudi ties and keeping Iran from nuclear weapons.
Shift Africa policy from aid/LGBT agendas to markets and counter-China
Proposed
Mandate wants less development aid and more free-market focus, countering Chinese activity, supporting African security partners selectively, and rejecting imposition of U.S. culture-war policies.
Centralize all State–Congress contact through Bureau of Legislative Affairs
Proposed
Mandate insists authorized department engagements with Congress must be driven and handled by political leadership via Legislative Affairs, preventing freelancing by bureaus.
Day-One freeze on State funding, assistance, contracts, and hiring
Proposed
Mandate orders an immediate inauguration freeze on implementing agreements, resource allocations, foreign assistance, contracts, payments, and hiring pending political-appointee review for agenda alignment.