Project 2025: the Trump picks with ties to ultra-rightwing policy manifesto
Source: The Guardian
Project 2025: the Trump picks with ties to ultra-rightwing policy manifesto
The president-elect has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, but several key choices have direct links to it
Rachel Leingang
Fri 22 Nov 2024 14.00 GMT
Last modified on Fri 22 Nov 2024 14.02 GMT
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump repeatedly disavowed Project 2025, saying he had “nothing to do” with the blueprint for a conservative presidency and didn’t know the people behind it. But as he starts to assemble his cabinet and White House staff, it seems likely he’ll get to know the people involved very well soon.
Trump’s attempts to disavow the project before winning re-election seemed improbable, given that it was written by various members of his first administration and aligned on policy goals with his own proposed second term agenda.
His transition team claimed it would not hire any people associated with Project 2025 because it was “radioactive”.
But, in his selections for key roles, he has already tapped people with direct ties to the rightwing manifesto.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/project-2025-trump-picks
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Profiled in the article:
• Brendan Carr
• Tom Homan
• Mike Huckabee
• Karoline Leavitt
• Stephen Miller
• John Ratcliffe
• JD Vance