« Donald Trump will begin his second term with full powers, relieving Le Figaro in Paris : the executive in the White House, the legislative in Congress, with a majority acquired in the Senate and almost assured in the House of Representatives, without forgetting the Supreme Court with its strong conservative leaning, including three judges appointed by it. Add to this a degree of preparation much higher than in 2016, thanks to an extensive network of followers and a long-considered strategy to overcome the resistance of the “deep state” ».
Et Le Figaro to ask yourself: “ What will the 47th president do with his omnipotence? The mark of populism that he claims is to keep his promises, even when they seem unrealizable or at the limits of legality. Entering the Oval Office on January 20, Donald Trump will sign a series of decrees against immigration, gender theories, environmental constraints… Federal officials can expect purges, undocumented immigrants expulsions from mass. Europeans, Ukrainians, or Taiwanese may fear “magical thinking” which claims to make the problems disappear with a simple “deal” between strong men. »
On the first day…
« What Trump can and can’t do on day one », points out for his part the Wall Street Journal. « Donald Trump has pledged to implement “the largest deportation program in American history” upon taking office. But it will take time. (…) He also announced that he would end the granting of American citizenship to children born to someone who entered the United States illegally. But this measure will likely be challenged legally ».
Furthermore, point the Wall Street Journal, « Trump said he would sign an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Accord again ». There it would be immediate : “his entourage claims that the executive order has been drafted and that it will be ready for Trump to sign on the first day he takes office ».
As for foreign policy, Trump promised to end conflicts around the world, including in Ukraine and the Middle East, before he takes office “. There, the Wall Street Journal expresses serious doubts: Trump may have succeeded in getting Ukraine, which has been losing ground, to come to the negotiating table, but Putin’s Russia – as well as Hamas and Israel – have shown no signs of wanting to to end the fighting in their respective conflicts ».
« An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth »
What is certain, note the New York Timesis that, on the domestic level, we can expect “ a wave of reprisals » : « Donald Trump does not believe in forgiveness and forgetting, says one of his close friends. He’s an “eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” type and he’s furious about what’s happened to him over the last four years. (…) The list of people or organizations he has designated to be investigated during his campaign is long. More than a hundred. He promised (in particular) to appoint “a real special prosecutor” to go after Joe Biden and his family and he declared that Kamala Harris should be “prosecuted for her actions” on border policy. He (also) shared messages demanding that former President Barack Obama and Liz Cheney, his most prominent Republican critic, be tried in military tribunals. Trump also asked, point again New York Times, that the judges and prosecutors he accuses of being responsible for the criminal and civil cases concerning him be prosecuted ».
Prosecutor Smith in the crosshairs…
Comment from Washington Post : « This was all predictable, but it doesn’t make it any less frightening. » The Post which focuses on the case of Jack Smith, the special prosecutor of the Department of Justice. The one who, last June, criminally charged Trump, notably for his conduct during the attack on the Capitol. “ The idea that there could be a basis for criminal charges against Smith or his team is ridiculous, affirms the Washington Post. (…) There is no evidence that Smith deviated from Justice Department guidelines, much less that he violated the law ».
In any case, the newspaper concludes, “ Trump will not have the opportunity, as he announced, to fire him “within two seconds” of his inauguration, for the simple reason that Smith is expected to resign before ».
