Trump backs away from Project 2025. What does that mean for foreign aid?

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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