Trump denies knowing about Project 2025, his allies' sweeping plan to transform the US government

Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from Project 2025 a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration days after the head of the think tank responsible for the program suggested there would be a second American Revolution atOptions key d0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7 format iframe height 90 width 728 params 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 theyre saying and some of the things theyre saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal Anything they do I wish them luck but I have nothing to do with themThe 922page plan outlines a dramatic expansion of presidential power and a plan to fire as many as 50000 government workers to replace them with Trump loyalists President Joe Bidens reelection campaign has worked to draw more attention to the agenda particularly as Biden tries to keep fellow Democrats on board after his disastrous debateTrump 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 His campaign has previously warned outside allies not to presume to speak for the former president and suggested their transitioninwaiting efforts were unhelpfulHeritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said on Steve Bannons War Room podcast Tuesday that Republicans are in the process of taking this country back Former US Rep Dave Brat of Virginia hosted the show for Bannon who is serving a fourmonth prison termWe are in the process of the second American Revolution which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be Roberts saidThose comments were widely circulated online and blasted by the Biden campaign which issued a statement saying Trump and his allies were dreaming of a violent revolution to destroy the very idea of AmericaSome of the people involved in Project 2025 are former senior administration officials The projects director is Paul Dans who served as chief of staff at the US Office of Personnel Management under Trump Trumps campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt was featured in one of Project 2025s videos atOptions key d0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7 format iframe height 90 width 728 params John McEntee a former director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office in the Trump administration is a senior adviser McEntee told the conservative news site The Daily Wire earlier this year that Project 2025s team would integrate a lot of its work with the campaign after the summer when Trump would announce his transition team Trumps comments on Project 2025 come ahead of the Republican Partys meetings next week to begin to draft its party platformProject 2025 has been preparing its own 180day agenda for the next administration that it plans to share privately rather than as part of its publicfacing book of priorities for a Republican president A key Trump ally Russ Vought who contributed to Project 2025 and is drafting this final pillar is also on the Republican National Committees platform writing committeeA spokesperson for the plan said Project 2025 is not tied to a specific candidate or campaign We are a coalition of more than 110 conservative groups advocating policy and personnel recommendations for the next conservative president a statement said But it is ultimately up to that president who we believe will be President Trump to decide which recommendations to implementThe Democratic National Committee said the plan and the Trump campaign are part of the same MAGA operation A Biden campaign spokesperson said that Project 2025 staff members are also leading the Republican policy platform Project 2025 is the extreme policy and personnel playbook for Trumps second term that should scare the hell out of the American people said Ammar MoussaOn Thursday as the country celebrated Independence Day and Biden prepared for his television interview after his halting debate performance the presidents campaign posted on X a shot from the dystopian TV drama The Handmaids Tale showing a group of women in the shows red dresses and white hats standing in formation by a reflecting pool with a cross at the far end where the Washington Monument should be The story revolves around women who are stripped of their identities and forced to give birth to children for other couples in a totalitarian regime Fourth of July under Trumps Project 2025 the post saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever