Last week, former President Donald Trump attempted to distance himself from “Project 2025,” a sweeping plan to overhaul the federal government proposed by a closely aligned conservative group.
“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump claimed on social media, referring to the 922-page plan put forward by a group of conservative organizations led by the Heritage Foundation. “I have no idea who is behind it.”
Trump’s comments made it seem like he had no connection to the controversial plan or those involved in it.
But when Republicans meet in Milwaukee next week and vote to officially confirm the first new Republican Party platform since 2016 — which Trump and Republicans across the country will run on — that platform will have been…
