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Trump Touts His Administration's Ties to Project 2025 After Claiming He Had 'No Idea' Who Was Behind It on the Campaign
Amid shutdown fight, Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025On Thursday, Oct. 2, the president posted to Truth Social about a meeting he had with Russ Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, the Christian nationalist policy guidebook that made headlines during Trump's 2024 campaign.
"I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent," Trump, 79, wrote.
Though Trump's most recent post broadcasted Vought's contributions to Project 2025, the president spent a considerable amount of 2024 trying to downplay his association with the people behind the plan. He often referred to the document as "extremist" on the campaign trail, after polling showed how unpopular its proposals were.
In a Truth Social post on July 5, 2024, Trump wrote, "I know nothing about Project 2025. I 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. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-touts-his-administrations-ties-to-project-2025-after-claiming-he-had-no-idea-who-was-behind-it-on-the-campaign-trail/ar-AA1NLwLk
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/amid-shutdown-fight-trump-no-longer-distancing-himself-from-project-2025
...ripe for an investigation.
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