{"id":2316136,"date":"2024-07-30T16:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-celebrates-demise-of-project-2025-it-will-not-end-well-for-you-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T16:22:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T20:22:41","slug":"trump-team-celebrates-demise-of-project-2025-it-will-not-end-well-for-you-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-celebrates-demise-of-project-2025-it-will-not-end-well-for-you-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump team celebrates \u2018demise\u2019 of Project 2025: \u2018It will not end well for you\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-team-celebrates-demise-of-project-2025-it-will-not-end-well-for-you-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2316136&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s team recently celebrated what they view as the &#8220;demise&#8221; of Project 2025 following the resignation of its director, Paul Dans, from \u2062The \u200bHeritage Foundation. Trump\u2019s advisors\u200d made it clear that the project has no affiliation with\u2062 the Trump campaign, countering claims by Democrats that it represents an extension \u200cof Trump\u2019s administration. They emphasized that the campaign has maintained \u200bits distance from Project \u200d2025 since its inception, asserting that any reports \u2064of the project\u2019s \u200dend should warn others against misrepresenting \u200ctheir connections to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Dans&#8217;s departure, \u200cKevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, stated \u2063that the initiative, which aimed \u2062to consolidate conservative policy\u2063 ideas and return power from the\u2064 administrative state to the public, would continue its work in\u2062 a different form. The project was initially set to\u200b conclude its \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-abnormal-the-rise-of-the-biomedical-security-state\/\" title=\"The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State\">policy drafting<\/a> after the two-party \u200cconventions, and while certain operations are winding \u200bdown, personnel functions will persist.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats \u200bhave frequently linked Project 2025 to the\u200c Trump campaign, especially concerning controversial issues like abortion, but Trump insists that his campaign\u2019s only guiding policy\u200c is Agenda47, distinguishing it from The Heritage\u200d Foundation&#8217;s efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump team celebrates &lsquo;demise&rsquo; of Project 2025: &lsquo;It will not end well for you&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1717535\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> team raced to celebrate the &ldquo;demise&rdquo; of Project 2025 when its director stepped down Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Separating themselves from the massive policy program Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> and Democrats are attaching to the Trump campaign, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s team tried to shoot down any insinuation they were involved in the shake up that resulted in Paul Dans stepping down from his position at The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/heritage-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Heritage Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump&rsquo;s campaign has been very clear for over a year that Project 2025 had nothing to do with the campaign, did not speak for the campaign, and should not be associated with the campaign or the President in any way,&rdquo; advisors Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita said in a joint statement Tuesday. &ldquo;Reports of Project 2025&rsquo;s demise would be greatly welcomed and should serve as notice to anyone or any group trying to misrepresent their influence with President Trump and his campaign &mdash; it will not end well for you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dans had led the 2025 Presidential Transition Project after working in Trump&rsquo;s administration. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-to-release-revised-guidance-reducing-covid-19-quarantine-time-from-14-days-to-7-10\/\" title=\"CDC to release revised guidance reducing COVID-19 quarantine time from 14 days to 7-10\">source told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the initiative will continue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under Paul Dans&rsquo; leadership,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3094056\/trump-distances-himself-from-project-2025-to-democrats-dismay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Project 2025<\/a> has completed exactly what it set out to do: bringing together over 110 leading conservative organizations to create a unified conservative vision, motivated to devolve power from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-places-trumps-bump-stock-ban-on-hold\/\" title=\"Federal Court Places Trump\u2019s Bump Stock Ban On Hold\">unelected administrative state<\/a>, and returning it to the people,&rdquo; Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;This tool was built for any future administration to use.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we began Project 2025 in April 2022, we set a timeline for the project to conclude its policy drafting after the two party conventions this year, and we are sticking to that timeline,&rdquo; Roberts said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Paul, who built the project from scratch and bravely led this endeavor over the past two years,&nbsp;will be departing the team and&nbsp;moving up to the front where the fight remains.&nbsp;We are extremely grateful for his and everyone&rsquo;s work on Project 2025 and dedication to saving America. Our collective efforts to build a personnel apparatus for policymakers of all levels&mdash;federal, state, and local&mdash;will continue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A source told the <em>Washington Examine<\/em>r that &ldquo;policy operations are winding down when we finish our transition recommendations, as we&rsquo;ve always planned. Personnel operations continue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The project, which is co-authored by many former Trump administration officials, has often been connected to the Trump campaign by Democrats in an effort to label them as too extreme on issues like abortion.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has repeatedly refuted connections to Project 2025, saying their policy plan, Agenda47, is the only one they will follow, not The Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s. Trump recently said he has &ldquo;no idea&rdquo; who is behind the initiative. <\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/30\/project-2025-director-paul-dans-leaves-heritage-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, some of the group&rsquo;s staff are thinking about leaving because they don&rsquo;t want to alienate a future Trump administration and hurt their job prospects. Dans reportedly told staff on Monday in a parting message that attacks on the project&rsquo;s work were a &ldquo;disinformation campaign&rdquo; that aims to &ldquo;falsely associate Former President Trump with the Project.&rdquo; He ended the same message with Trump&rsquo;s words after he survived his assassination attempt: &ldquo;Fight! Fight! Fight!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plan is not generally well-received by the public. A YouGov <a href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/politics\/articles\/50035-what-americans-think-about-project-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> taken in early July showed that Americans either largely didn&rsquo;t know about the plan, or have an unfavorable view of it. Only 26% of Republicans favored the plan.<\/p>\n<p>The survey&rsquo;s findings illustrated why Trump might want to distance himself from the plan as he seeks swing voters in states he will need in November.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1717535\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1717535\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s team rejoices over the &#8220;demise&#8221; of Project 2025 following the resignation of its director on Tuesday afternoon. They distanced themselves from the extensive policy initiative that Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats have linked to Trump&#8217;s campaign, asserting that they had no involvement in the leadership change at The Heritage Foundation, which led to Paul Dans stepping down. Advisors Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita issued a joint statement emphasizing that for over a year, Trump\u2019s campaign has made it clear that Project 2025 was not affiliated with them and should not be associated with Trump or his campaign in any manner. They warned anyone misrepresenting their connection to Trump would face consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Dans had been leading the 2025 Presidential Transition Project after serving in Trump&#8217;s administration. A source informed the Washington Examiner that despite his departure, the initiative will persist. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, stated that under Dans&#8217; leadership, Project 2025 successfully united over 110 conservative organizations to formulate a cohesive conservative agenda aimed at redistributing power from unelected officials back to citizens. He confirmed their commitment to completing policy drafting as planned.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts noted that while policy operations are concluding as intended with transition recommendations being finalized, personnel operations will continue. The project has often been portrayed by Democrats as closely tied to Trump&#8217;s campaign in an attempt to label it as extreme on issues like abortion; however, Trump&#8217;s team has consistently denied these connections and insists their own policy plan is distinct.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports suggest some staff members are considering leaving due to concerns about alienating a potential future Trump administration affecting their job prospects. In his farewell message on Monday, Dans described attacks against Project 2025 as part of a &#8220;disinformation campaign&#8221; aimed at wrongfully linking Trump with it and concluded by urging staff members with Trump&#8217;s rallying cry: \u201cFight! Fight! Fight!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Public reception of Project 2025 appears lukewarm; a YouGov poll from early July indicated many Americans were either unaware or held unfavorable views towards it\u2014only 26% of Republicans expressed support for the plan\u2014highlighting why Trump may wish to distance himself from it while courting swing voters ahead of November elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2316137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Paul-Dans.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32504,33997,3634],"class_list":["post-2316136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-political-strategy","tag-project-2025","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Paul-Dans.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}