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Trump elected as U.S. president in stunning comeback
STORY: Republican Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election, becoming the first convicted felon elected to the nation’s highest office.He’s also the first former president since Grover Cleveland to return to the White House after being voted out of the job.The 78-year-old is the oldest person in U.S. history to be elected president, and his victory caps one of the the longest general-election campaigns ever, which included two assassination attempts.Here’s what Trump has said he would do in his second term::: October 27, 2024 :: Immigration”On Day 1, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history.”A central campaign promise was deporting millions of migrants, which would likely trigger legal challenges.He has said he will employ the National Guard and, if necessary, federal troops, as part of the effort.:: October 15, 2024:: Economy”If I run this country, if I’m going to be president of this country, I’m going to put a 100, 200, 2,000% tariff.”Trump has floated the idea of tariffs on all goods imported into the U.S., targeting China in particular. Critics say that would lead to higher prices for American consumers and global economic instability.:: October 26, 2024:: Taxes”No tax on tips.”Trump has promised a blizzard of tax proposals and said he wants to extend the Trump tax cuts that he signed in 2017.But several prominent budget forecasters have estimated Trump’s tax cut plans would add as much as $6.6 trillion to federal deficits over a decade.:: October 26, 2024:: Climate”We’re going to drill, baby, drill.”Trump has vowed to increase U.S. production of fossil fuels and said he will reauthorize oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. He also has said he will again pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accords.:: September 27, 2024:: Foreign policy”I think if we win, we’re going to get it resolved very quickly.”Trump, who has been critical of U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, said he could end the conflict in 24 hours if elected, although he has not said how he would do that. Trump has also said the war between Israel and Hamas should end quickly, but has offered no proposals for how to do that either.:: August 8, 2024:: Abortion”Everybody wanted it back in the states, and I did that.”Trump has said bans on abortion should be up to states – and that the states, if they choose, could monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute them if they undergo the procedure after the period permitted.He appointed three justices to the U.S. Supreme Court who were part of the conservative majority that overturned Roe v. Wade protections, and would likely continue to appoint federal judges who would uphold limits on abortion.:: October 22, 2024:: Political opponents”We have an enemy from within.”Trump has said he could use federal law enforcement agencies to investigate political opponents and has threatened to make firing federal workers easier with an executive order.He has said he would fire Special Counsel Jack Smith, the federal prosecutor leading the criminal probes into his alleged mishandling of classified documents and his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. He has also said he will consider pardoning all of those who have been convicted of crimes in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. :: May 30, 2024″This was a rigged, disgraceful trial.”Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a crime in May, after a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a payment to silence a porn star during his 2016 campaign.He is still scheduled to be sentenced for that conviction on Nov. 26 and the judge could decide to send him to jail.
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