Shift Africa policy from aid/LGBT agendas to markets and counter-China
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.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 6 (Department of State) — Sub-Saharan Africa: shift from development aid toward fostering free market systems; counter malign Chinese activity including alternatives to protect sensitive systems; counter terrorism via capable African partners; focus on mutually beneficial countries with full-suite engagement; reject promotion of divisive abortion/LGBT policies that hurt partnership.
Undo plan
1) Maintain development, health, and democracy accounts Congress funds as soft-power tools vs. China.
2) Compete with PRC via infrastructure/finance offers—not only security assistance.
3) Continue human-rights engagement without colonial framing or abandonment.
4) Target counterterror partnerships with Leahy vetting intact.
5) Verify: MCC/DFC/PEPFAR continuity; Chinese contract displacement metrics.
Sources
- https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
- https://archive.org/stream/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL_djvu.txt
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-06.pdf
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_SECTION-02.pdf