Donald Trump’s transition team is turning to Project 2025, the unpopular set of ultra-conservative, Christofascist goals for Trump’s second presidency--after Trump repeatedly said he had nothing to do with Project 2025 during his campaign.

The Heritage Foundation's president, Kevin Roberts, oversaw Project 2025 and is close to the vice-president elect, JD Vance, who wrote a forward for his new book Dawn’s Early Light. The book's publication was originally scheduled for September but was delayed until after the election.

Donald Trump has announced the choices for his administration after saying he had “no idea” who was involved with the policy blueprint coordinated by the conservative Heritage Foundation.

The incoming president is pulling appointees and nominations from the pool of conservatives who worked on the draconian policy project

Transition officials have used Project 2025's extensive personnel database to identify potential hires for the incoming administration, a person familiar with the plans said.

Donald Trump is taking yet another page out of the authoritarian playbook Project 2025—and it’s the one with a list of MAGA loyalists for hire. After trying desperately, often unconvincingly, to distance his campaign from Project 2025’s unpopular,