Overview

• Project 2025, initiated by the Heritage Foundation, aimed to reshape the federal government under a Republican administration.
• Paul Dans, the project's director, resigned following a power struggle with Trump campaign officials over staffing control.
• Despite Dans' departure, the project's conservative policy blueprint remains public and influential.
• Trump's campaign has repeatedly disavowed any official connection to Project 2025, despite overlapping policy goals.
• Democrats continue to highlight Project 2025 as indicative of Trump's potential second-term agenda.