Expect 4 years of pitched battles between Trump and Democratic-run states

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Public health and climate scienceWhen COVID-19 hit, Trump initiated Operation Warp Speed to get vaccines into arms as soon as possible.
45% : Meanwhile, on the campaign trail, Trump vowed to "take over" Washington and usurp local government authority in the District of Columbia.
43% : A legal consensus about sitting presidents means Trump won't be in an Atlanta courtroom anytime soon.
41% : Legal issuesThere are still outstanding legal issues and cases involving Trump and his allies that could roil the 47th president.
40% : Trump also has expansive plans to undo many of Biden's climate initiatives.
38% : While one study estimated that the vast majority of demonstrations were peaceful, violence and significant property damage occurred in Minneapolis, Seattle and Portland, Ore.Then-attorney general Bill Barr officially declared those cities "anarchic jurisdictions," a move that according to David Rohde's recent book Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War Against Democracy was at the behest of Trump.
35% : But at other times, as Atlantic writer and CNN analyst Ron Brownstein has argued, Trump and others in his administration "sought to use national authority to achieve factional ends to impose the priorities of red America onto Democratic-leaning states and cities.
35% : This October, Trump suggested that "radical left lunatics" could be "easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard or really necessary by the military.
27% : DeportationsDuring his first campaign and term, Trump railed against so-called sanctuary cities, where local police don't always see eye-to-eye with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on removing individuals not accused of serious crimes.
23% : ProtestsAfter the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, Trump raged as protests continued for weeks across the country, and he sent troops to several locations.
19% : LISTEN l Vox immigration reporter Nicole Narea on what Trump could plausibly do:Trump and expected members of his administration like Tom Homan have made no secret of plans to deport undocumented immigrants, possibly at a level not seen since a 1950s operation that saw many U.S. citizens erroneously sent to Mexico.
18% : WATCH l Legal rights, other questions surround Trump deportation plans:Trump and New York's Gov. Kathy Hochul are also on opposite sides of a number of issues, including planned vehicle tolls to ease Manhattan congestion.
17% : The Department of Homeland Security under Trump was also accused of collecting data on Portland protesters, and of apprehending some individuals off the street in unmarked vans.
17% : During his first term, Trump clashed with California over emissions and auto mileage standards.
17% : Willis has overseen a racketeering case that led to indictments for Trump and associates like Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani.
15% : But Trump has been accused of spreading misinformation about weather events both in North Carolina and in California.
14% : Trump has been more credibly accused of doing just that in his first term.
11% : recently pleaded with national figures from their own party to stop spreading misinformation about Hurricane Helene; Trump falsely stated Joe Biden's administration was deliberately withholding aid for political reasons.

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