The former president effectively “birthed” Project 2025. Now that the project is a political liability, one of Trump’s foot soldiers is out of a job.

The former president effectively “birthed” the project. Now that it’s a political liability, one of Trump’s foot soldiers is out of a job

As he entered the final stretch of the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump spent much of this month trying to disown the highly Trumpy, Heritage Foundation-led Project 2025 — to the point that he even got his fans to boo the initiative during a recent campaign rally. His protracted freakout over the conservative project — to which he has multiple direct ties, and which is only as extreme as it is largely because of his influence — is driven almost entirely by Trump’s fear over one thing.

When the twice-impeached ex-president and convicted felon took to social media in early July to make the (patently absurd) claim that “I know nothing about Project 2025, [and] I have no idea who is behind it,” he added, “I disagree with some of the things they’re saying, and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.” He did not specify what “things” he meant.

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    the fact that he didn’t have a single negative thing to say about it until people started calling him out on it says everything. the whole “i don’t know anything about it” defense is complete fucking horseshit

    • Sunforged@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      I mean in the case of Trump it’s not actually far fetched. He is a useful idiot to the people with an agenda. Not to cut him any slack, just pointing out that he is a buffoon chasing approval, he thought he would get it for P2025 but now that there is blowback he’s legitimately like “I didn’t read it, I don’t read anything.”