De-Trumpification

De-Trumpification, also known as "demagafication", is a proposed policy strategy of democratic reform in the United States based on the wide ranging impact made by the first and second presidencies of Donald Trump. De-Trumpification seeks to reverse the changes made by two non-consecutive Trump administrations and to prevent such changes from occurring in the future with a new set of modern guardrails based on strong ethical and legal reforms.

Proposals range from institutional restoration and rebuilding democratic norms to new forms of accountability, including additional investigations, reports, prosecutions, and commissions. Other proposals include personnel and ethics reforms, as well as preventive measures designed to strengthen institutions that have been weakened. The idea of demagafication remains largely theoretical, as there is no consensus on whether a form of transitional justice is necessary or whether such measures could operate effectively within the existing framework of American governance.

Furthermore, the efficacy of previous efforts, such as denazification in Germany and de-Ba'athification in Iraq, show a wide range of results that historians are still debating. Additionally, more recent efforts by the Biden administration to enact similar reforms in response to the first Trump administration were viewed by legal experts as largely ineffective.