- Safiu Kehinde
Having scaled through the required 270 electoral votes, it is no longer news that Donald Trump has won and will be the next US president.
The charismatic Republican candidate made historical return to the White House as the 2024 United States Presidential Election comes close to a conclusion.
Meanwhile, Trump’s return is not without his long held policies which are set to be revived- including his infamous mass deportation.
BBC highlighted the Republican President’s revised policies ranging from the economy to abortion right which are summarized as follows;
The economy: Trump has promised to “end inflation and make America affordable again” – he says he’ll do this by expanding US energy production and opening areas such as the Arctic wilderness to oil drilling to lower energy costs.
Taxes: He’s proposed a number of tax cuts worth trillions, including an extension of ones he enacted in 2017, which mostly helped the wealthy. Trump says that he will pay for cuts through higher growth and tariffs on imports.
Immigration: Trump campaigned heavily on this issue, promising to seal the US’s border by completing construction of the wall he promised to build between the US and Mexico during his last presidency. He’s also said he’ll enact the biggest mass deportation of undocumented migrants in US history.
Climate: He previously rolled back hundreds of environmental protections, including limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and vehicles, and protections for federal waterways. He’s again vowing to cut regulations and has attacked electric vehicles, promising to overturn the Biden administration’s bid to switch to cleaner cars.
Abortion: Trump has struggled to find a consistent message on abortion, but suggested during his campaign that individual US states should decide its legality. Three Supreme Court judges he appointed while president were pivotal in the overturning of Roe v Wade – a ruling which had guaranteed women, nationwide, the right to an abortion up until the point of foetal viability.