Agenda 47

Agenda 47 (styled by the Trump campaign as Agenda47) is a package of proposals that Republican candidate Donald Trump states he would implement if elected as the 47th president of the United States. Common themes among the proposals include a wide-ranging increase in the personal power of the president, the removals of checks and balances on executive power, and culture war issues.

Overview

Agenda 47 is what Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign calls their formal policy plans. According to the Trump campaign, it is "the only official comprehensive and detailed look at what President Trump will do when he returns to the White House". It is presented on the campaign's website in a series of videos with Trump outlining each proposal.

The plans include constructing "freedom cities" on empty federal land, investing in flying car manufacturing, introducing baby bonuses to encourage a baby boom, implementing protectionist trade policies, and over forty others. Seventeen of the policies that Trump says he will implement if elected would require congressional approval. Some of his plans are legally controversial, such as ending birthright citizenship, and may violate the Constitution.

Many of the proposals are contentious. One Agenda 47 proposal would impose the death penalty on drug dealers and people traffickers, as well as place Mexican cartels on the United States list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Trump also suggests deploying the National Guard to inner cities with high crime.

Reception

Frankie Taggart, writing for Barron's, argued that Trump's plans lack coherence and that some could exacerbate existing divisions in American society. He questioned the feasibility and practicality of some ideas, such as the promise to improve cities with classical architecture and create tent cities for the homeless. Margaret Hartmann, writing in New York magazine, described some of the ideas as "unhinged". Chauncey DeVega characterized Agenda 47 as fascist in his Salon article. Anthony Zurcher of BBC News said "some of [Trump's] pronouncements border on the fantastical" and "others are controversial".

See also

• Project 2025, a collection of proposed Republican policies authored under the umbrella of the Heritage Foundation

References

External links

• Agenda 47 page on the donaldjtrump.com website