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The world has simply witnessed a historic flip. Donald Trump’s election as America’s forty seventh president was not a fluke: his victory was decisive. By securing greater than 70m votes, he has received the favored vote for the primary time in three makes an attempt. The Republican Occasion now runs the Senate and is probably going, inside days, to safe management of the Home. Add that the Supreme Court docket will likely be firmly entrenched with MAGA values for a technology. All this constitutes a surprising comeback and supplies a robust mandate for Mr Trump; in our cover leader we name him essentially the most consequential American president since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Our weekly edition considers what a second Trump presidency means. If Mr Trump has wrecked the previous order, what’s going to take its place? Will the return of Trumponomics spark a worldwide commerce conflict? How will Mr Trump deal with the conflicts in Ukraine and the Center East? His sweeping victory might set the tone for fellow nationalist populists, reminiscent of Marine Le Pen who hopes to safe France’s presidency in 2027. Mr Trump was too simply dismissed as an aberration in his first time period. Not so now. He has outlined a brand new political period, for America and the world.
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