Project 2025 Co-Author Says Donald Trump ‘Very Supportive Of What We Do’
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING A key author of a controversial blueprint for a second Donald Trump administration said he maintains close contact with Trump, despite the former president’s disavowals of his work. Russell Vought, who helped write the Project 2025 policy agenda that includes the mass firing of federal workers, said he’s kept close ties to Trump since serving as the former president’s director of the Office of Management and Budget. The trust level will be there.” Project 2025 is a book-length policy roadmap for a second Trump term spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, with chapters authored by different contributors. “I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.” On Thursday, a Trump campaign spokesperson said in an email that “only President Trump and the campaign, and NOT any other organization or former staff, represent policies for the second term.” “President Trump personally led the effort to establish 20 promises made to the forgotten men and women across our nation, as well as RNC Platform ― these are the only policies endorsed by President Trump for a second term,” the Trump campaign spokesperson said.