What will life be like with former President Donald Trump back in power?
Washington: large-scale evictions? Political retaliation? global harmony? A new era of prosperity? The nation is ablaze with conjecture about what life could be like if former President Donald Trump were to run for office again.
Here are five symbolic measures that represent Trump’s objectives for the US and the globe.
large-Scale Deportations
On his first day in office, the opponent of Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election has promised to begin the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in US history.
He has said, “We’re going to get them out as fast as we can,” calling for the removal of illegal immigrants who are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
The 78-year-old, who is well-known for his abandoned border wall project between the US and Mexico, has said that he would be pleased to “use the military” in the endeavor and that he would set up detention centers to process potential expulsion candidates.
“On day one of my new term in office, I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic US citizenship,” he declared in a campaign video.
He has said that in order to “keep terrorists the hell out of our country,” he also intends to resume his ban on travel from a number of nations with a majority of Muslims.
“Lead, lead, lead!”
During his first term, Trump closed the door on the 2015 Paris climate accords, and if reelected, his campaign has said that he will to pull out of the agreement once again.
At a rally earlier in the summer, he promised supporters that he would “stop Biden’s wasteful spending and rapidly terminate the green new scam”—a reference to the money his successor had pledged to climate change mitigation.
In Wisconsin, Trump used a classic Republican catchphrase, “We will ‘drill, baby, drill,'” to declare, “I will repeal crooked Joe Biden’s insane electric vehicle mandate.”
“Energy costs will come down very quickly,” he assured. “In many cases we’ll be cutting your energy costs in half.”
Cryptocurrency Mania
With regard to his promises to turn America into the “Bitcoin and cryptocurrency capital of the world,” Trump has said that he would choose tech billionaire and right-wing conspiracy theorist Elon Musk to lead an extensive audit of government waste.
In addition, Trump plans to impose “more than 10 percent” taxes on all imports. Import tariffs are paid for by US businesses—and ultimately their clients—not by the businesses that export the products.
The proceeds, he claims, will pay for a “middle class, upper class, lower class, business class big tax cut.”
Not only did he fight a bloody trade battle with China during his first term, but he also intends to remove the Asian giant’s “most favored nation” designation, which was given in order to encourage commerce.
Uncertainty Around Abortion
Trump never misses an occasion to point out that the United States’ abortion rights have been significantly diminished, in part because of him and his three conservative Supreme Court nominations.
Regarding the availability of reproductive health care in the future, however, he is less certain.
The Republican has resisted calling for a national abortion ban, a move that would garner him support from the religious right, arguing that it should be a state-by-state matter.
“You must follow your heart on this issue but remember, you must also win elections,” he has warned.
And he promised: “My Administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights.”
The Military “Plan” For Ukraine
For months, Trump has said he could put an end to the conflict in Ukraine in “24 hours,” but he has never provided an explanation.
According to his detractors, his plan calls for Kyiv to submit land that Russia unlawfully took in 2014 and 2022.
“I have a very exacting plan how to stop Ukraine and Russia, And I have a certain idea — maybe not a plan, but an idea — for China,” he stated in an interview.
“But I’m unable to offer them to you since I won’t be able to utilize them and they will be a huge failure if I do. Part of it is surprising, don’t you think?
When the conflict with Hamas erupted, Trump portrayed himself as Israel’s unwavering protector. Since then, however, he has seemed to be speaking more critically of the US ally’s military campaign in Gaza, stating, “I’m not sure that I’m loving the way they’re doing it.”
