1. Trump's Staff
2. Trump's Name
3. Trump and Kevin Roberts
4. Trump and Heritage Event 2017
5. Trump and Heritage Dinner 2022
6. Meadows Mandate 2020
7. Mandate 2020 Video
8. Trump Tweet
9. Project 2025 Training Videos
10. American Moment
11. Dawn's Early Light
12. Index of Culture and Opportunity
13. January 6 Secretary of Defense
Donald Trump and JD Vance's Connections to the Heritage Foundation
1. 140 people who worked for Trump are involved in its creation, including its authors, editors, and contributors.
2. Trump's name is mentioned in Project 2025 312 times.
3. Trump has flown on a private jet in 2022 with the President of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, who claims to have personally briefed him on the policy agenda.
4. At a Heritage Foundation Event in 2017, Trump celebrated their 45th anniversary.
In this video, the former President expresses his honor at celebrating the Heritage Foundation, which will soon mark its 45th anniversary. He reflects on the American legacy of freedom, culture, and values, emphasizing that the foundation's name highlights the importance of heritage in achieving progress. Trump asserts that true freedom is not granted by government but is a gift from God, underscoring the belief in timeless truths as the basis for human advancement.
5. Trump keynoted a Heritage Foundation dinner in 2022 as they began work on Project 2025
During his speech, he said, “This is a great group & they’re going to lay the groundwork & detail plans for exactly what our movement will do ... when the American people give us a colossal mandate to save America.”
6. In this unlisted video, Mark Meadows, Trump's former Chief of Staff, received the first copy of the 2020 Mandate for Leadership.
In this video, Meadows states, "Perhaps, the mandate can be a blueprint for what happens in a second Donald J Trump Term."
7. In a second unlisted video, the Heritage Foundation goes over Mandate 2020, which would have been put in place if Trump won in 2020.
Even in the first few seconds, you can see that Mark Meadows, Trump’s former Chief of Staff and a prominent figure in the January 6 attack on the capitol, had this to say about the mandate ->
The top quote also says "The No. 1 Think Tank with the most significant impact on public policy for three consecutive years"
8. Trump tweeted "The Heritage Foundation has just stated that 64% of the Trump Agenda is already done, faster than even Ronald Reagan"
“We’re blown away,” said Thomas Binion of Heritage. President Trump “is very active, very conservative and very effective. Huge volume & spectrum of issues”
The Heritage Foundation has just stated that 64% of the Trump Agenda is already done, faster than even Ronald Reagan. “We’re blown away,” said Thomas Binion of Heritage, President Trump “is very active, very conservative and very effective. Huge volume & spectrum of issues.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2018
9. Trump's campaign was hacked. Along with emails were links to Project 2025 Training Videos, created by the Heritage Foundation to send their recruits.
Nearly every one of these videos star people who worked in Trump's Administration and one currently works with JD Vance.
The Videos are currently hosted on Youtube by ProPublica.
10. JD Vance is a (former) board member of American Moment, along with his legislative assistant James Braid, who appears in the Project 2025 training videos. American Moment is listed as a supporter of Project 2025
On American Moment's Youtube Channel, their videos are shot in front of the same backdrop as many of the Project 2025 Training Videos. According to their website, American Moment has JD Vance and James Braid listed under "Board Members Emeritus". American Moment is listed as being on Project 2025's Advisory Board.
11. JD Vance wrote the foreword to "Dawns Early Light", which is the next book written by the Heritage Foundation's President Kevin Roberts.
The book's release has been delayed due to this controversy. The Book's Title is "Taking Back Washington to Save America" - Definitely not related to Project 2025 at all!
12. The introduction to the Heritage Foundation's Index of Culture and Opportunity in 2017 was written by JD Vance.
Click the book to open the full PDF in a new tab. JD Vance's section is p. 7-9
Summary:
The Heritage Foundation's annual "Index of Culture and Opportunity" explores the interconnection between culture and opportunity, highlighting how perceptions of opportunities shape societal values and vice versa. It underscores the American social contract's emphasis on equal opportunity, noting that the American Dream is currently in crisis, with only half of children born in the 1980s expected to earn more than their parents. JD Vance, in his introduction, discusses the economic decline in certain regions and its impact on communities, emphasizing that addressing cultural factors—like family structure, civic participation, and childhood stability—is essential for effective policy reform. The Index aims to provide data and analysis on these issues, encouraging a deeper understanding of the challenges facing Americans today.
13. Trump's FOURTH Secretary of Defense during his first term, Christopher Miller, was the acting Secretary of Defense during the January 6 Insurrection. While in this role, he delayed sending the National Guard to the capitol for several hours, leaving capitol police to fend for themselves while insurrectionists stormed the capitol. Miller wrote Project 2025's Secretary of Defense chapter.
The section of Project 2025 Christopher Miller wrote begins on page 91.
Miller also interrupted the presidential transition. On December 18, 2020, Miller instructed the Pentagon to postpone 40 meetings with the incoming Biden administration until January 1, 2021. While Miller described this as a "mutually agreed-upon holiday pause," the Biden transition team stated that no such agreement had been reached. This decision to temporarily suspend cooperation followed President Trump's refusal to concede the election, the reluctance of several Trump appointees to cooperate, and ongoing claims of election fraud by the Trump administration.
All ten living former defense secretaries released an open letter (The Miller Memo) in which they expressed concerns about a potential military coup to overturn the election results. In this letter, they warned public officials—and Miller by name—that they would face grave consequences if they violated the Constitution.
