The former president effectively ā€œbirthedā€ the project. Now that it’s a political liability, one of Trump’s foot soldiers is out of a job

As he enteredĀ the final stretch of theĀ 2024 presidential race,Ā Donald Trump spent much of this month trying to disown the highly Trumpy,Ā Heritage Foundation-ledĀ Project 2025 — to the point that he even got his fansĀ to booĀ the initiative during a recent campaign rally. His protracted freakout over the conservative project — to which he has multiple direct ties, and which is only as extreme as it is largelyĀ becauseĀ of his influence — is driven almost entirely by Trump’s fear over one thing.

When the twice-impeached ex-president and convicted felon took to social media in early July to make the (patently absurd) claim that ā€œI know nothing aboutĀ Project 2025, [and] I have no idea who is behind it,ā€ he added, ā€œI disagree with some of the things they’re saying, and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.ā€ He did not specify what ā€œthingsā€ he meant.

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    10 months ago

    I really hope they keep on the project 2025 attacks, because you can easily tie so many of those heritage foundation pricks directly to trump and his previous administration. He can say all he wants that he isn’t associated with them and wont let them near the whitehouse, but he’d have to have an entire new group of advisors to be able to do that.