Trump's 2026 Agenda: What His 2025 Actions Reveal for the Year Ahead

Although it is hard to see it now, 2025 was a turning point, the year when America’s fascist consolidation reached its high-water mark and began to crumble.

That doesn’t mean things will get better right away. They won’t. In part because the Trump administration feels threatened, they will make increasingly brutal use of their powers. In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.

But, because a large pro-democracy coalition mobilized in every state this year, we should see the pro-democracy forces move from defense to offense in 2026.

2025 Was a High Watermark for Autocrats

Trump used his first year in office to secure control over the federal government, turning the executive branch into a tool for his political and personal aggrandizement. Leaning on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion that presidents are immune from prosecution, Trump acted rapidly without the constraints of law. He sidelined the United States Congress.

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