11/06/2024

What Trump’s Win Means for the World’s Most Pressing Problems

Trump will face immediate challenges from around the globe

Donald Trump is returning to the White House, and people across the world are trying to grapple with how a second term will once again shake up global affairs.

Trump's supporters say his unpredictability is a feature, not a bug, of his foreign policy, to deter bad actors and make headway on the world's most intractable problems. "Predictability is a terrible thing," Richard Grenell, Trump's former director of national intelligence reported to be seeking a position as secretary of state in a second term, recently told The Financial Times. “Of course the other side [America’s enemies] wants predictability. Trump is not predictable."

America's allies are also struggling to predict what’s next, as Trump promises to reverse what he sees as a lack of respect for the United States on the global stage with his “America First” approach. Trump’s history of overturning long-standing U.S. foreign policy, dismissing human rights abuses and cozying up to dictators is putting some leaders on edge. Here’s what a Trump presidency could mean for some of the issues most important to people across the globe.

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