Donald Trump has typically lied that he does not know who is behind the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. He wrote to his “Truth Social” website, "I know nothing about Project 2025. I have not seen it, have no idea who is in charge of it, and, unlike our very well received Republican Platform, had nothing to do with it."
Trump's April 21, 2022 keynote address at Heritage Foundation’s annual leadership conference contained the quoted text. The video has been posted by multiple news groups including Matt Gertz on Media Matters, published 07/08/24. “This is a great group, and they’re going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do and what your movement will do when the American people give us a colossal mandate to save America.”
I have listed the authors of each of the Project 2025 chapters following the title of the chapter. I next list their Trump associations. All the cited appointments listed are Trump associated unless otherwise specified. There were 32 of the authors with direct links to Donald Trump, and only 9 without any I could confirm.I consulted many on-line sources, and news companies. Wikipedia, and the far-right Heritage Foundation itself were particularly useful.
Project 2025 Authors;
“A Note on "Project 2025"
Paul Dans, Chief of staff at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, White House liaison.
“Foreword: A Promise to America”
Kevin D. Roberts, Lobbyist and 2020 election denier.
“White House Office”
Rick Dearborn, White House Deputy Chief of Staff.
“Executive Office of the President of the United States”
Russ Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Former Deputy, and Acting), 2024 Republican National Committee’s platform policy director.
“Central Personnel Agencies: Managing the Bureaucracy”
Donald Devine, Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management under President Reagan.
Dennis Dean Kirk, White House Advisor, Office of Personnel Management.
Paul Dans, Chief of Staff at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
“Department of Defense”
Christopher C. Miller, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Acting Defense Secretary November 9, 2020.
“Department of State”
Kiron K. Skinner, Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State.
“Intelligence Community”
Dustin J. Carmack, 2020-2021 Chief of Staff to the Director of National Intelligence.
“U.S. Agency for Global Media”
Mora Namdar, Acting Assistant Secretary Bureau of Consular Affairs.
“Corporation for Public Broadcasting”
Mike Gonzalez, Heritage Foundation senior fellow, Trump appointed member to the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission.
“Agency for International Development”
Max Primorac, Acting Chief Operating Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
“Department of Agriculture”
Daren Bakst; The Heritage Foundation, The Heartland Institute, The Competitive Enterprise Institute.
“Department of Education “
Lindsey M. Burke, The Heritage Foundation. Advocates the destruction of the Dept. of Education, and school segregation under the guise of “School Choice.”
“Department of Energy and Related Commissions”
Bernard L. McNamee, Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 2018 to 2020.
“Environmental Protection Agency”
Mandy M. Gunasekara, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, primary White House liaison.
“Department of Health and Human Services”
Roger Severino, Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Health and Human Services 2017-2021.
“Department of Housing and Urban Development”
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 2017-2021.
“Department of the Interior”
William Perry Pendley, Deputy Interior Secretary under Regan. Trumps’ acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (never confirmed). Radical anti-environment activist.
“Department of Justice”
Gene Hamilton, Trump transition team, Department of Justice under Jeff Sessions.
“Department of Labor and Related Agencies”
Jonathan Berry, Regulatory Policy Officer Department of Labor, Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy, Chief Counsel Trump Transition Team.
”Department of Transportation”
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Department of Transportation Deputy Assistant Secretary.
“Department of Veterans Affairs”
Brooks D. Tucker, Chief of Staff Department of Veterans Affairs 2020-2021, Presidential transition team.
“Department of Commerce”
Thomas F. Gilman, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration the U.S. Department of Commerce.
“Department of the Treasury“
William L. Walton, Heritage Foundation Trustee since 2015.
Stephen Moore, 2016 Trump presidential campaign, nominated 2019 to the Federal Reserve.
David R. Burton, The Heritage Foundation, The Federalist Society, 2017 Transition Team OMBudget.
“The Export-Import Bank Should Be Abolished”
Veronique de Rugy, American Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute
“The Case for the Export-Import Bank”
Jennifer Hazelton, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator of Public Affairs 2017-2020.
“Federal Reserve”
Paul Winfree, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic policy, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council, and Director of Budget Policy
“Small Business Administration”
Karen Kerrigan, Far-right lobbyist.
“The Case for Fair Trade”
Peter Navarro, Deputy Assistant to the President, Assistant to the President, Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy.
“The Case for Free Trade”
Kent Lassman, Simple far-right radical.
“Securities and Exchange Commission and Related Agencies”
David R. Burton, 2017 Transition Team Office of Management & Budget
“Consumer Financial Protection Bureau” Robert Bowes, Field Director “Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.” 2016, Senior Advisor Housing and Urban Development.
“Federal Communications Commission”
Brendan Carr, Federal Communications Commission since 2017.
“Federal Election Commission”
Hans A. von Spakovsky, Racist extremist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Spakovsky#Career
“Federal Trade Commission”
Adam Candeub, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Deputy Associate Attorney General.
See also:
CNN
“Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved” Thu July 11, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/trump-allies-project-2025/index.html
Wikipedia
Project 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
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