Before an about-face, Trump had hailed what would become Project 2025 as a conservative roadmap for “exactly what our movement will do.”

Donald Trump said he has “no idea” who’s behind it. His presidential transition chair and the man he picked to be the secretary of commerce said he wouldn’t touch it. “They made themselves nuclear,” he said.

It was only a few months ago when Project 2025 was so toxic to Donald Trump’s presidential bid that he and members of his campaign team were forced to deny any connection to it. In July, Trump himself posted on TruthSocial,

The president-elect is staffing his administration with people affiliated with the controversial policy and personnel blueprint that he had disavowed on the campaign trail.

Carr outlined different actions he wants the FCC to take under a new presidential administration in Project 2025.