Donald Trump posted on Truth Social denying any connection to Project 2025, stating “I know nothing about Project 2025. I have not seen it, have no idea who is in charge of it, and, unlike our very well received Republican Platform, had nothing to do with it.”
The 900-page policy blueprint, developed by the Heritage Foundation and allied groups, proposed major federal government overhauls and expanded presidential authority. A CNN review published the same day identified at least 140 people who had worked for Trump as involved in the project, among them six of his former Cabinet secretaries and four of his ambassadorial nominees. In an earlier post Trump had called some of its plans “absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.”
Campaign leadership reinforced the distance, with campaign chiefs Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita stating Project 2025 “had nothing to do with the campaign” and “should not be associated with the campaign or the President in any way.”