Project 2025 winding down policy work after Trump criticism
The Heritage Foundation official leading Project 2025 is stepping down and the group is winding down its policy work following sustained criticism by former President Donald Trump and his campaign.
The Heritage Foundation official leading Project 2025 is stepping down and the group is winding down its policy work following sustained criticism by former President Donald Trump and his campaign.
Trump’s campaign said in a statement Tuesday that the announcement should put on notice others trying to link themselves to Trump and that it “welcomed” reports of the group’s “demise.”
“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,” co-campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said.
Project 2025 is a collaboration of more than 100 conservative groups launched by the Heritage Foundation. Many of those groups are staffed by former Trump administration officials. Its work has provided fodder for Democrats targeting Trump, drawing from the group’s book of policy proposals aimed at informing a future GOP administration. The effort also includes a personnel database aimed at staffing a future White House team.
Democrats have used Project 2025’s 900-plus-page book to raise the alarm about what a future Trump administration could set out to accomplish. The group’s director, Paul Dans, was a senior Trump official at the Office of Personnel Management. Other advisers with the group include former Trump administration personnel official John McEntee.
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