Trump would have gotten away with even more in office if he pursued the exact same policies but acted "normal" about it in front of the cameras.
The Project 2025 guys figured this out. Instead of having Bannon as a weird Rasputin figure, just surround Trump with regular GOP operatives. They're all Heritage Foundation freaks but that doesn't matter to Democrats.
The main friction is the GOP base expect Trump to act like an anti-establishment strong man so he can't "play by the rules."