Donald Trump disavows Project 2025 after talk of new American Revolution
- He says he has ‘nothing to do’ with a plan to greatly expand the US president’s power and fill the government with Trump loyalists
Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the US federal government drafted by long-time allies and former officials in his administration, days after the head of the think tank responsible for the programme suggested there would be a second American Revolution.
“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump posted on his social media website. “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.”
Project 2025 outlines a dramatic expansion of presidential power and a plan to fire as many as 50,000 government workers to replace them with Trump loyalists.
US President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign has worked to draw more attention to the agenda, particularly as Biden tries to keep fellow Democrats on board after his disastrous debate.
Trump has outlined his own plans to remake the government if he wins a second term, including staging the largest deportation operation in US history and imposing tariffs on potentially all imports.