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A July 5 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes nine slides describing supposed policy propositions from former President Donald Trump. The slides include an image of Trump along with the title "Project 2025."
“Trump has made his authoritarian intentions quite clear with his Project 2025 plan,” reads the post's caption.
It received more than 500 shares in four days.
Our rating: FalseProject 2025 is a political playbook created by the Heritage Foundation and dozens of other conservative groups, not Trump, who said he disagrees with elements of the effort.
President decides which policy recommendations to implementThe Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, collaborated with more than 100 conservative groups for Project 2025, also known as the Presidential Transition Project. The result is a more than 900-page playbook with policy recommendations for the next Republican president that reflect the think tank's goal of "(rescuing) the country from the grip of the radical Left."
Trump, however, has sought to publicly distance himself from the effort, as reported by The Washington Post.
“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump wrote in a July 5 Truth Social post. “I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.”
Project 2025 said it “does not speak for any candidate or campaign” in a July 5 post on X, formerly Twitter. Its playbook is comprised of suggestions the coalition believes will benefit the "next conservative president."
“But it is ultimately up to that president, who we believe will be President Trump, to decide which recommendations to implement,” the post said.
Our fact-check sources:- Project 2025, accessed July 8, About Project 2025
- Donald Trump, July 5, Truth Social post
- Project 2025, July 5, X post
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