Donald Trump has been elected for a second term as US president. International affairs editor Rachael Jolley spoke with US expert Thomas Gift, founding director of the UCL Centre on US Politics, about what Americans will expect the president-elect to do once in office, and what he will prioritise.
1. What was the significance of Donald Trump’s election win?
This wasn’t just a victory for Trump. It was a resounding victory. Although the country is too polarised for a true landslide any more, this was as close as one can come to a thorough shellacking. Trump didn’t just backdoor himself into the Oval Office again. He bolted through the front, and pulled off the most consequential political comeback in modern US electoral history.
