'Some voters feel betrayed' as Trump gives 'middle finger' to campaign promises: analyst
Donald Trump promised during his presidential campaign that he had nothing to do with Project 2025, and wanted nothing to do with it, but his embrace of figures close to the conservative plan to overhaul the federal government could be upsetting some of his voters, according to a political analyst.
Alexi McCammond, who serves as an opinion editor for the Washington Post and has previously commented on Trump's relationship to the MAGA base, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday. The host, Alex Witt, asked about Trump appointing those with close ties to Project 2025.
"Several of the latest picks, they have direct ties to Project 2025, in spite of Trump distancing himself, saying he didn't know what it was about during the campaign," Witt said. "I'm curious your interpretation and could this all be theoretical as some Republicans say? I mean, not even to be specifically applied."
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"No, I mean, it's remarkable because I feel like at least some voters might feel betrayed by this," McCammond replied. "As you mentioned, Donald Trump straight up said on the campaign trail many times, like I have no idea what Project 2025 is, I have nothing to do with that, that is not my campaign. So he created a healthy amount of distance between himself and his campaign between Project 2025 even though folks had known the ties that existed between the personnel and policy and ideology behind the things laid out was obviously informed by Donald Trump and his Republican brand of politics."
She continued, saying Trump is "continuing to, I think, Mike and Jim and Axios put it this way, give people the middle finger in choosing folks that are controversial picks or that go directly against what he said time and again on the trail because he will do what he wants at the end of the day. And if there's something we all know well, especially after winning the presidency again and facing federal criminal charges and more allegations of assault from different women among many other things, Trump only feels more emboldened to do what he wants to do. It's worth noting Russ Vought who you put on the screen said we're living in a post constitutional society. So that's kind of alarming."