Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, but it is clear that he supports and is supported[1] by Project 2025’s many authors[2] including his own press secretary and many members of his cabinet. He has, for example, called Project 2025 “our agenda”[4] and is personally mentioned hundreds of times in the document. By the Heritage Foundation’s own count, Trump already implemented a majority of their recommendations during his last term [3] and 81% of Project 2025’s authors held official appointments in his administration[5].
Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, but it is clear that he supports and is supported[1] by Project 2025’s many authors[2] including his own press secretary and many members of his cabinet. He has, for example, called Project 2025 “our agenda”[4] and is personally mentioned hundreds of times in the document. By the Heritage Foundation’s own count, Trump already implemented a majority of their recommendations during his last term [3] and 81% of Project 2025’s authors held official appointments in his administration[5].
2 https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-project-2025-truth-social-rcna160774
https://www.heritage.org/impact/trump-administration-embraces-heritage-foundation-policy-recommendations
https://www.heritage.org/impact/heritage-analysis-trump-administrations-first-year-draws-high-profile-attention
https://popular.info/p/what-trump-doesnt-want-you-to-know