Pro-Trump Radio Host Called Project 2025, "The Trump Transition Project"
Project 2025 Director: "We love the smell of MAGA in the morning here at Project 2025"
Written for MeidasTouch by J.D. Wolf
During a March 2023 interview with Project 2025 Director Paul Dans, pro-Trump radio host John Fredericks called Project 2025, "the Trump Transition Project." Fredericks admitted that Dans couldn't say that himself, but he could:
"Joining us now is Paul Dans. He's the director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, Heritage Foundation. Nice name, but I'm going to change it to the Trump Administration Transition Project because, newsflash, Trump's going to be the nominee. This race is over. I know Paul can't comment on that. So this is the Trump Transition Project, and we want MAGA people."
John Fredericks: "...this is the Trump Transition Project."
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Fredericks then reported that Project 2025 just released their 900 page policy manual and asked Dans how his group was "preparing for a new, MAGA, populist administration." Paul Dans then said, "I know this is radio, but I can smell the MAGA from here."
Dans added, "We love the smell of MAGA in the morning here at Project 2025."
Paul Dans: "We love the smell of MAGA in the morning here at Project 2025."
Trump has attempted to distance himself from Project 2025 and the group that founded it, The Heritage Foundation. Trump has several ties to those involved with Project 2025, has flown with them, and has dined with them.
Dans is a former Trump official and these comments linking Project 2025 to MAGA are not what the Trump campaign insiders want to hear right now. However, Trump allies like Fredericks knew exactly what Project 2025 was and that's why he called it the "Trump Transition Project."Â