‘We’re so back’: How the Heritage Foundation is creeping back into Trump’s sphere after months of criticism
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last week in Washington D.C, the group marked the book’s publication with a cocktail party where one Heritage official, with “a nervous laugh,” told Politico’s Playbook: “We’re so back.” open image in gallery Trump has repeatedly denied any connection to Project 2025 At the event attended by Playbook, Roberts gave remarks to the room where he sounded “pretty optimistic” about the likelihood of Project 2025’s proposals coming to pass. During his independent presidential bid, Trump’s pick for health secretary praised Roe v Wade, saying he was “for choice and medical freedom.” It has caused ruffles in the Republican party. open image in gallery Robert F Kennedy Jr said he is ‘for choice’ The Trump campaign repeatedly denied that the president-elect had anything to do with Project 2025, despite former Trump officials having contributed to it and his own running mate’s direct connection to the think tank. In the foreword of Roberts’s book, Vance writes: “In the fights that lay ahead, these ideas are an essential weapon.” He also noted in the introduction that Heritage is “the most influential engine of ideas for Republicans from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump.” In the summer Trump posted on Truth Social that he knew “nothing about Project 2025” and that some of the proposals were “abysmal.” “I have no idea who is behind it,” he said.