Republicans call Trump’s move to distance himself from Project 2025 ‘preposterous’
by Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6P2AT)
Trump's claim to know nothing' about radical rightwing plan recognizes it could sink his campaign, ex-Pence adviser says
Donald Trump's preposterous" efforts to disavow Project 2025, a rightwing blueprint for a radical takeover of the US government if the former president is re-elected in November, have been derided by former Republican figures.
The Project 2025 plan includes calls for replacing civil servants with Trump loyalists, eliminating the education department, putting the justice department under the president's thumb and banning the abortion pill.
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