Trump Taps Project 2025 Authors and Influencers for Key Administration Roles (2024-11-24)

Associated Press reported that Trump had selected numerous Project 2025 authors and influencers for key roles in the incoming administration, dismantling his campaign disavowals: Russell Vought for OMB Director, Tom Homan as border czar, Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy, Brendan Carr for FCC Chairman, Karoline Leavitt as Press Secretary (who appeared in Project 2025 training videos), John Ratcliffe for CIA Director, Michael Anton for State Department Director of Policy Planning, and Darin Selnick as Senior Adviser to Secretary of Defense. The appointments demonstrated that the personnel database and Presidential Administration Academy pillars of Project 2025 were functioning as designed.