Trump Taps Project 2025 Contributors for Key Administration Roles

Despite distancing himself from the conservative policy blueprint during the campaign, President-elect Trump is drawing heavily from its personnel database and contributors for his transition team and administration.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated several individuals tied to Project 2025, a conservative policy framework, for key positions in his upcoming administration.
Project 2025, led by the Heritage Foundation, includes a personnel database of over 10,000 vetted conservative candidates and a 922-page policy blueprint for a future Republican administration.
Notable appointees with Project 2025 links include Tom Homan as border czar, Brendan Carr as FCC chairman, and John Ratcliffe as CIA director, among others.
While Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 during the campaign, his transition team is now utilizing its database to fill over 4,000 federal positions.
Democrats have criticized Trump's reliance on Project 2025 contributors, citing its hardline policies on immigration, abortion, and federal bureaucracy reform as extreme.