Trump Campaign FORMALLY Ends Project 2025
Tuesday saw the cancellation of Project 2025 by former US President Donald Trump’s campaign, which aimed to disassociate itself from a conservative concept that has become a political headache for the GOP.
Democrats had said the collection of ideas represented a blueprint for what a second Trump administration would entail, ranging from far-right notions about remaking the Executive Branch to good-government recommendations.
However, his team claimed that Project 2025, which was coordinated by the Heritage Foundation and several other conservative organizations, was never a product of the Trump campaign.
“President Trump’s campaign has been very clear for over a year that Project 2025 had nothing to do with the campaign, did not speak for the campaign, and should not be associated with the campaign or the President in any way,” said Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, the campaign’s senior advisers.
“Reports of Project 2025’s demise would be greatly welcomed and should serve as notice to anyone or any group trying to misrepresent their influence with President Trump and his campaign — it will not end well for you,” the two added.
The statement was issued after it was reported by The Washington Post that the office was in the process of closing down on its central operations center which served as the “nerve center.”
In recent weeks, Mr. Trump has claimed to know nothing about Project 2025, even though a few of his associates have played a key role in developing ideas that the initiative ultimately developed into a 900-page plan.
The Trump team members had to balance applauding the project’s completion with attempting to distance themselves from it entirely.
Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign will make it difficult for Mr. Trump to attempt to move past the issue.
“Project 2025 is on the ballot because Donald Trump is on the ballot. This is his agenda, written by his allies, for Donald Trump to inflict on our country,” said Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Ms. Harris’s campaign manager. “Hiding the 920-page blueprint from the American people doesn’t make it less real — in fact, it should make voters more concerned about what else Trump and his allies are hiding.”