Where Trump could surprise on the upside

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Trump had a better gauge of America's mood.
59% : Higher military spending and a drive to build a European defence industrial base could be a side benefit of Trump 2.0.
57% : The affinity between the House of Saud and the House of Trump goes far beyond their love of bling.
46% : Or they could yield the unexpected: Putin might see benefit in deepening his ties with Trump by offering a better deal.
38% : It is far harder to anticipate where Trump will take US-China relations.
35% : Put simply, Trump loves trade wars but is generally scornful of military ones.
35% : Trump would have no moral objections to a brutal endgame.
35% : On all these debates Trump will be surrounded by America Firsters, such as his deputy, JD Vance, and more conventional Republicans, like Marco Rubio, his nominee for secretary of state.
34% : Unlike Biden, Trump is unpredictable.
33% : Trump is no champion of global rules, human rights or democracy.
30% : What Trump most cares about, however, is hounding his "enemy from within" -- and he means it.
28% : Trump could go either way.

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