Project 2029 is a proposed wish list for the next President of the United States, designed to reverse the most damaging actions taken by Donald Trump and his allies under their Project 2025 agenda. In less than a year, Trump and his supporters used executive power to bypass Congress, undermine constitutional limits, and entrench policies that could take decades to undo.
If a Democrat takes office after Trump, that administration should operate from its own Project 2029 playbook. The goal should be to reverse the most egregious actions of the Trump presidency as quickly and clearly as possible.
This page does not attempt to catalog every action that would need to be undone. It focuses on the most urgent and symbolically important steps.
To accomplish any of this, Democrats must control both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. That means the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Presidency.
Undo Frivolous Renamings
The federal government embarked on an effort to manufacture a legacy for Donald Trump by renaming public institutions after him. In a nominally free country, legacies are earned, not demanded.
The first action under Project 2029 should be to remove Trump’s name from every federal property tarnished by this effort, including:
- Renaming the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace back to the Institute of Peace
- Restoring the Kennedy Center to its original name
- Reversing any attempt to rebrand or rename the Department of War
Rescind Every Trump-era Executive Order
Executive orders are not laws. They are directives issued by the president that instruct executive agencies on how to enforce existing law.
Executive orders have no permanence after a president leaves office. A new president can reverse them immediately by signature.
On day one, the incoming president should hold a televised ceremony from the Resolute Desk and sign executive orders rescinding every executive order issued by Donald Trump. Additionally, end all standing national emergency declarations not tied to active conflicts or disasters
Each order should be reversed individually. This makes the action unmistakably clear and publicly accountable, even if the president’s hand gets tired.
If later review shows that any Trump-era executive order produced beneficial outcomes, the president can urge Congress to pass legislation so the policy becomes actual law.
Trump’s Tariffs
By rescinding Trump’s executive orders, the administration would also terminate Trump’s illegal tariff scheme. The Constitution is explicit on this point:
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises
U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
Tariffs imposed unilaterally by the executive branch violate this constitutional authority.
Refund All Tariffs Collected
An immediate study should begin to determine how to return tariff revenue taken from the American people in the most equitable and fair manner possible.
Refunds should apply to individual taxpayers and small businesses should receive the same consideration. Any business below a defined revenue threshold should be eligible for tariff refunds.
Large corporations should not qualify. Many passed the cost of tariffs directly to consumers and therefore have no need for reimbursement.
Immigration
The administration should immediately halt all ICE operations and defund the agency in its current form. Its structure makes it too easy for a president to transform it into a private enforcement arm.
The Trump Gold Card program is a travesty of immigration policy. It allows wealthy foreigners to buy access to the United States while avoiding tax burdens imposed on less wealthy green card holders.
All existing Gold Cards should be nullified. The country must demonstrate that even after an aberration like Donald Trump, the United States can and will revert to its prior legal and constitutional norms.
This will deter individuals and foreign governments from assuming they can secure permanent advantages through temporary executive actions.
Tear down the Southern border wall.
Pardons
If the Trump administration succeeds in undoing pardons issued by former President Joe Biden, a future president should immediately rescind all pardons granted under the Trump administration.
This should include pardons for past acts and preemptive pardons granted to loyalists, including figures such as Pete Hegseth.
The Drug War
Addiction and abuse of drugs have long been recognized public health problems. The “perpetrator” are not terrorists or enemy combatants — the are often financially desperate people who took a job that serves the demand of the people in the United States.
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