Trump Emerges Triumphant as U.S. Presidential Election Winner

GOP contender achieves a decisive triumph against Kamala Harris.

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2025 September 1 . 10:41 PM

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Trump Emerges Triumphant as U.S. Presidential Election Winner

In January 2025, Donald J. Trump begins his second term as the President of the United States. This new phase of his presidency is marked by a continuation and intensification of his right-wing nationalist policies.

Trump's political base remains strong, with evangelical voters and Catholics favouring him in polls. His stance on abortion, historically aligned with conservative, anti-abortion positions, is likely to persist, solidifying evangelical support.

The President's focus on law and order is evident in his aggressive campaign to "clean up" Washington, D.C., aiming to make it the safest capital in the world. This reflects his broader "law and order" agenda popular with his core base.

Immigration remains a central issue, with Trump retaining his hardline stance. He pledges mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and enforcement via raids and military-controlled deportation camps.

In terms of government and bureaucracy, Trump supports large-scale replacement of career civil servants with political loyalists. He revives Schedule F to reduce job protections in the federal workforce, especially targeting agencies like the Justice Department and FBI perceived as adversarial to him.

Internationally, Trump's approach tends to challenge traditional alliances like NATO, pushing for members to increase their defense spending or renegotiate terms. His stance on Ukraine and Russia involves engagement in conflict resolution but emphasizes pressure and timelines. His past described NATO as "obsolete" and favoured a more protectionist, transactional approach toward alliances and Russia.

Trump’s previous stances towards China emphasized renegotiating U.S.–China relations with trade protectionism and skepticism of free trade agreements. While explicit second-term China policies are not detailed, these themes presumably continue.

Trump's administration has traditionally been pro-Israel, a feature likely to remain. No specific recent policies regarding Israel are noted, but his approach seems focused on negotiating frameworks and applying pressure on conflicting parties with firm timelines, rather than extensive military involvement.

The conservative majority in the Supreme Court presents broad institutional support for Trump's political project. His second term reinforces conservative domestic policies, strong immigration enforcement, and a nationalist, transactional foreign policy that emphasizes renegotiation and skepticism of traditional alliances like NATO, with active but deadline-driven engagement in conflicts such as Ukraine and Israel.