Trump took a private flight with Heritage Foundation leader Kevin Roberts despite saying he doesn’t know people behind Project 2025

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Despite claiming to know “nothing” of Project 2025, or the people behind it, former president Donald Trump has long-held connections to authors of the conservative presidential transition plan and at one point reportedly took a private flight with its leader. In April of 2022, Trump took a 45-minute private flight with Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation – a right-wing think tank group responsible for Project 2025 – to attend a conference in Florida for the group,The Washington Post reported. Kevin Roberts, the current president of The Heritage Foundation The discovery contradicts Trump’s statement from July where he claimed to “know nothing about Project 2025” and “have no idea who is behind it.” “I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Trump insists he has nothing to do with the plan and a campaign spokesperson previously said that Project 2025 does not represent Trump’s formal agenda and any policy proposals are “merely suggestions.” But history shows that the Trump administration had closely connected to the Heritage Foundation and adopted many of its suggested policies.