Olivia Troye, formerly a national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, criticized former President Donald Trump’s efforts to distance himself from Project 2025 as “ludicrous,” highlighting its extensive ties to his administration.

“This is preposterous,” Troye said in a CNN interview. “If you look at the collaborators and the authors of this plan, a lot of these people came directly from people that served in Trump’s Cabinet during this administration.”