A post shared on X claims that President-elect Donald Trump has hired the head of Project 2025.
The person who said he didn’t know anything about Project 2025 announced he was hiring the person who wrote Project 2025…
Are you paying attention yet?
— Jeras Ikehorn (@JerasIkehorn) November 7, 2024
Verdict: Misleading
There is no evidence that President Trump hired Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, who wrote the foreword for Project 2025, an initiative of the Heritage Foundation. President Trump may have hired or plans to hire someone who contributed to Project 2025.
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Social media users claim President Trump hired “the guy who wrote Project 2025.” One user wrote, “The same person who said they didn’t know anything about Project 2025 just announced they were hiring the guy who wrote Project 2025…Are you paying attention yet?!”
There are several problems with this claim. Project 2025 is effort Led by the Heritage Foundation, leadership mission And it has a database of people who could theoretically work for a possible Trump administration. Project 2025 does not have a single author; each section is written by a different person.
The Heritage Foundation is led by Roberts, who wrote the foreword. Although he has personal ties to the Trump campaign (as vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance wrote), preface in his book), no evidence He was hired by President Trump to work in the incoming administration.
It is possible that President Trump employs or has employed individuals who contributed to Project 2025. According to , several people who worked on Project 2025 previously worked in the first Trump administration. CNN. There is, but dozens of The Heritage Foundation as well as a group of groups involved in Project 2025.
President Trump has also consistently distanced himself from efforts led by the Heritage Foundation. For example, his campaign released the following statement on July 30: statement “Project 2025 had nothing to do with the campaign,” he said. (Related: Did Hillsborough County close voting sites on Election Day?)
Check Your Fact has reached out to Project 2025 for comment.
