Despite these candid remarks, Wiles later pushed back on the Vanity Fair coverage, calling it a Òdisingenuously framed hit pieceÓ that omitted significant context and painted an unfairly negative picture of the administration. She did not deny making the statements but argued they were taken out of context. The White House, including Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Trump himself, defended her, with Trump calling her ÒfantasticÓ and suggesting she had been misled by the journalist.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Òentire Administration is grateful for her steady leadership and united fully behind her.Ó
Source: From ÔoddÕ Musk to ÔpainfulÕ tariffs: key takeaways from interviews with TrumpÕs chief of staff,

Michael Gerson's was George W. Bush's speech writer and an Evangelical Christion.
Read/Listen to the Michael Gerson's (George W. Bush's speech writer) Washington Post Opinions Essay; Gerson goes into the hypocrisy in the Evangelical Christian movement.

What Graham said in the book about the cultural aspects of Project 2025,

With a little imagination, we can glimpse the America that Project 2025 proposes.

"It is an avowedly Christian nation, but following a very specific, narrow strain of Christianity. In many ways, it resembles the 1950s. While fathers work, mothers stay at home with larger families. At school, students learn old-fashioned values and lessons. Abortion is illegal, vaccines are voluntary, and the state is minimally involved in health care. The government is slow to police racial discrimination in all but its most blatant expressions. Trans and LGBTQ people exist Ñthey always have -- but are encouraged to remain closeted."

When asked if it is an evolution or revolution. He said something like "it evolved to get here but is headed to a revolution."