‘I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it,’ the former president wrote Friday.
Former President Donald Trump on Friday distanced himself from the Heritage Foundation think tank’s Project 2025 after the leader of the think tank made comments about a “second American Revolution.”
“I disagree with some of the things they’re saying,” he said, adding that he believes “some of the things they’re saying” are unreasonable.
“Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them,” the former president said.
Former President Trump’s social media post was not in response to any media report, and he did not elaborate on what Project 2025 policy provisions he disagrees with.
But his comments were made about a day after Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said on Steve Bannon’s podcast that there may be a “second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
Mr. Roberts also said during the podcast that conservatives should be encouraged by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling on July 1 that found former President Trump should be declared immune from prosecution for official acts he carried out while president.
“As we’ve been saying for more than two years now, Project 2025 does not speak for any candidate or campaign,” the statement said, adding that it represents more than 110 conservative groups. “But it is ultimately up to that president, who we believe will be President Trump, to decide which recommendations to implement.”
The Epoch Times contacted the Heritage Foundation for comment on Friday after former President Trump’s remarks.
Mr. Roberts also clarified his comments about another American Revolution in a statement to several news outlets. “These patriots are committed to peaceful revolution at the ballot box,” he said. “Unfortunately, it’s the Left that has a long history of violence, so it’s up to them to allow a peaceful transfer of power.”
It also asserts conservatives need to do more than just win elections and suggests that there should be a process to free U.S. institutions.
Conservatives, the group adds, “need both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on Day One of the next conservative Administration.”
The Trump campaign last year also sought to downplay Project 2025’s influence and told news outlets at the time it is merely “policy recommendations from external allies” and that “none of these groups or individuals speak for President Trump or his campaign.”
In a Truth Social post in mid-June, the former president wrote it is a “ridiculous idea,” adding that such claims are “completely untrue” and that “I never even thought of that idea.”
Democrats in Congress said they have also launched an effort to circumvent Project 2025.
