After Donald Trump tried to distance himself from The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 on Friday, Democrats were all too happy to take a victory lap, claiming it was proof that their effort to hype up the far-right playbook for a second Trump term was working with voters.
The truth is that it was Project 2025 leaders’ own efforts that set him off, a source close to Trump told NOTUS.
“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump said on Truth Social. “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.”