Thursday briefing: What lies ahead for the US in a second Trump administration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, congratulated Trump on his "impressive" election victory on Wednesday.
71% : "Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was among the first leaders to congratulate Trump on his victory.
52% : Trump will be appointing his top team in the coming weeks, which could even include anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr and Elon Musk.
49% : Trump has on many occasions praised Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, and the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un.
47% : However, after Roe was overturned in 2022, anti-abortion groups have pushed the idea that the Comstock Act is valid once more.ImmigrationBorder control has always been the key Trump issue.
41% : Crucially, if Trump returns to the White House with Republican control of the Senate and House of Representatives, it could have significant implications for abortion access.
38% : Instead, Trump plans to pivot heavily toward resource extraction, prioritising oil and gas drilling - including on public lands and in national parks.
38% : "Trump was preparing to contest the results of the election and to undermine democracy itself in order to stay in power but because he's legitimately won, he doesn't have to do that.
36% : "Trump, a man famous for never letting go of grudges, will probably continue with his mission to undermine and hollow out democratic norms and institutions.
35% : There is little detail on how such an unprecedented policy would be put into practice, but as Trump appoints officials in the coming months, they will have a much easier time pushing through these changes regardless of the indirect consequences and larger fallout.
30% : "Trump has said he would veto a national abortion ban if one reached his desk, but who knows -- he could change his mind," Chris points out.
26% : Trump has also pledged to dismantle what he calls the "deep state" - in other words the federal bureaucracy - by firing thousands of non-political civil servants and replacing them with loyalists.
24% : Reproductive rightsThroughout his campaign Trump "flip-flopped" on the issue of abortion, Chris Michael says.
24% : Such language echoes the rhetoric of fascists like Mussolini and Hitler, whom Trump reportedly praised while in office, even lamenting that he didn't have commanders as loyal to him as Hitler did.
24% : Trump has said in many interviews and rallies that he would mobilise the federal government against his personal political enemies and the army against citizens that he called "the enemy within".
21% : Trump has outlined a mass deportation plan that could target up to 20 million people.
21% : Trump has said that he would end Russia's war in Ukraine "in one day", though he has not provided specific details on how.
17% : Trump has threatened to jail reporters who do not give up sources and strip broadcasting licences from news outlets as punishment for coverage that he did not agree with.
13% : Harris, hoarse from the frenzied campaign that began a little over 100 days ago, contrasted sharply with Trump following his defeat in the 2020 election, which he never formally conceded.
7% : Trump has dismissed the climate crisis as "a big hoax" and has pledged to cut funding for Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which he derided as the "green new scam".
4% : Democratic normsIn recent months, Trump was labelled a fascist by Kamala Harris and his longest serving former chief of staff, retired general John Kelly.

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