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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

‘A campaign for vengeance’: critics warn of a radical second Trump term

Donald Trump stares ahead.
The Trump policy agenda is radical by any standard including his own. Photograph: Mike Stewart/AP

The US election primary season is in effect over. Conventional wisdom holds that the two major candidates will now pivot towards the centre ground in search of moderate voters. But Donald Trump has never been one for conventional wisdom.

Detention camps, mass deportations, capital punishment for drug smugglers, tariffs on imported goods, a purge of the justice department and potential withdrawal from Nato – the Trump policy agenda is radical by any standard including his own, pushing the boundaries set during his first presidential run eight years ago.

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