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Thomas Klassen, Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada

What does Trump have in store for the world in his second term? History provides some clues

Donald Trump is on the eve of becoming only the second United States president to begin a non-consecutive term. Grover Cleveland, more than a century ago, was the other.

Non-consecutive terms have occurred in other countries, particularly in Western Europe and the Americas.

Around the time that Cleveland entered American history books, William Gladstone kept movers busy in London with four non-consecutive terms as British prime minister.

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