Former U.S. President Donald Trump is distancing himself from the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a collection of right-wing policy proposals pulled together by the conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.
Instead, he’s proposed a platform that has now been adopted by the Republican National Committee — a 16-page document that includes zero mention of U.S. foreign aid.
“I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal,” Trump posted on Truth Social, the social media platform the former president launched after being banned from X, then Twitter. “Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.”
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Elissa Miolene
Elissa Miolene reports on USAID and the U.S. government at Devex. She previously covered education at The San Jose Mercury News, and has written for outlets like The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washingtonian magazine, among others. Before shifting to journalism, Elissa led communications for humanitarian agencies in the United States, East Africa, and South Asia.
