If fully enacted, the actions he has promised would undermine some of the most fundamental principles of liberal democracy
US First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance attend a luncheon following the inauguration ceremony, in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Eight years ago, political outsider Donald Trump was sworn in as US president in front of a stunned American establishment. Four years later, he left Washington in disgrace following the violent riot at the Capitol.
A blizzard of executive orders has already begun, among them a state of emergency at the southern border, new measures targeting undocumented immigrants and a rolling back of environmental protections. Some of these will be largely symbolic. Others will be challenged successfully in the courts. But many will survive and adversely affect the lives of millions.
It is also a hugely ambitious programme, which will require considerable political discipline if it is to be achieved. While the second Trump presidency will clearly be more focused than the first, chaos and incoherence remain hallmarks of his governing style. And the contradictions at the heart of Trump’s coalition of plutocrats and populists will surely erupt at some point into conflict.
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