“I’m going to fight for you every day,” declared the Republican candidate, to the applause of his supporters this Wednesday morning.
Donald Trump has secured his re-election as President of the United States on November 6. “I’m going to fight for you every day.” he said to the applause of his supporters on Wednesday morning. The Electoral College, made up of 538 electors, must still meet on December 17 to officially vote for the president and vice-president. They will then be sworn in on January 20, 2025, after which they will be able to implement their program.
And Trump’s first measure is clear: “The first thing I’m going to do if I’m elected is disable all [l]and I will take steps to compensate the victims of these gangs”, he announced at a press conference on October 29. In 2011, the latest official figures, the FBIthe American police, counted 33,000 gangs in the country and 1.4 million members.
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The president-elect, who made security a priority of his campaign, also wants to tighten the screws on migration by launching: “the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in U.S. history”. He wants to build on “cutting-edge technologies to monitor and secure the border”, increase theImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency in charge of borders and “finish the wall”a border separating Mexico and the United States. A key measure of his first term.
The economy at the heart of American concerns
The American economy, yet performingwas at the heart of voters’ concerns. Both candidates said they would give priority to the middle class. Donald Trump wants to continue deregulating the economy to boost competitiveness. He advocates a reduction in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20% or 10%, the zero-rating of tips, and broad tax credits for manufacturers. Manufacturers who want to work for the federal government will also have to commit to not relocating some of their jobs.
Next, the president-elect wants to impose substantial tariffs: 10% on all imports and up to 60% on those from China. But the European Union, in his eyes, is also “a mini-China”. which “doesn’t take [nos] cars, don’t take [nos] agricultural products”. “I prevented a war with France. She wanted to tax us at 25%. I have to protect American companies, whether we like them or not.”he explained in a radio interview on October 25. “After 75 years, the other countries are finally going to pay us back for everything we’ve been able to do for the world.”he explained during the debate with outgoing Vice-President Kamala Harris. According to him, these measures should help reduce inflation (2.9% year-on-year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the equivalent of INSEE) and create jobs in the United States.
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Finally, Donald Trump is counting on “halve” energy costs. To achieve this, he wants to invest in fossil fuels, such as gas and oil, and “drill like crazy”. The environmental section of “Inflation Reduction Act will be repealed. The president-elect also wants to reduce the size of the federal government and charge Elon Muskowner of Tesla, SpaceX and Starlink, from a “audit” for the “in-depth reform”. The federal Department of Education would be abolished, and its powers delegated to the states. “We will drain the swamp of education, and end the misuse of taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s youth with all sorts of things you don’t want them to hear.”he said in September during a public meeting in Wisconsin.
A renewed foreign policy
Donald Trump campaigned on ending the war in Ukraine “in twenty-four hours” and “restoring peace in Europe threatened since the Russian intervention on February 22, 2014. He has never spoken out clearly on the subject, but several observers have expressed concern about continued financial support for Kiev. Washington has granted Ukraine seventy-five billion dollars in military, financial and humanitarian aid. A further four hundred and twenty-five million dollars in aid was announced on November 1. For Trump, the Europeans must provide at least as much funding as the United States.
On the other hand, the president-elect, as in his first term, is a very close ally of Israel. He is not, however “exactly sure I love the way” of the Hebrew state’s offensive in Gaza. However, he has always been very close to Benyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, who yesterday dismissed the Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs, both notorious opponents. During his first term, he was very hostile to Iran, its nuclear program and its expansion in the Middle East. The struggle against the Lebanese Hezbollah or several groups in Iraq and Syria should therefore be supported. ““Your historic return to the White House offers a fresh start for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America.”said Benyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.