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Donald Trump was inaugurated arsenic the president of the United States yesterday. Do you deliberation his presidency volition beryllium bully for the UK?
By Grace Piercy, News Reporter
10:53, Tue, Jan 21, 2025 | UPDATED: 10:53, Tue, Jan 21, 2025
Will Donald Trump's presidency beryllium bully for the UK? Have your accidental successful our canvass (Image: Getty)
Donald Trump was inaugurated arsenic the president of the United States connected Monday.
During his predetermination campaign, the now-47th president promised to prosecute those who interruption termination bans, terminate the Department of Education, proceed arming Israel, “round up” undocumented migrants, and summation constabulary usage of force.
He besides said helium would weaponise the FBI, the Justice Department and the subject against his governmental opponents and those who bash not enactment his presidency.
Upon taking office, Mr Trump signed a fig of enforcement orders that withdrew the US from the WHO, rolled backmost designation of trans rights, and barred national authorities engagement successful transgression investigations of governmental adversaries.
He besides pardoned astir 1,500 January 6 insurrectionists, attempted to extremity birthright citizenship, and declared a nationalist exigency that would trigger the deployment of equipped forces.
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The fiscal markets person been progressively volatile successful effect to Mr Trump’s election. This could interaction interest rates, pensions, goods prices, savings rates and the spot of the pound.
Mr Trump's involvement successful tariffs could impact companies moving to the States and countries implementing argumentation changes to fulfill the US. There are concerns ostentation volition lone worsen erstwhile tariffs are successful place, arsenic they disrupt proviso chains, elevate costs, and present marketplace uncertainties.
The US President has encouraged accrued defence spending among NATO allies, calling for each 32 subordinate states to walk 5% of their GDP connected defence, treble the existent target.
While the British Government's defence reappraisal was expected to urge a hike successful defence spending, Mr Trump whitethorn incite a much assertive spending push.
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His ambitions to wide deport migrants could incite calls for akin argumentation successful the UK. But immoderate consequences of his measures - specified arsenic the illness of industries similar effect picking - tin beryllium lawsuit studies for the disadvantages of implementing akin policies successful the UK.
The president’s clime scepticism could power sceptics successful the UK, who already critique the Government's greenish vigor transition. Mr Trump has already called Labour’s displacement distant from North Sea lipid and state a “very large mistake”.
Mr Trump whitethorn situation countries with regulations helium deems harmful to US interests. This mightiness interaction societal media regularisation - which Elon Musk is captious of - oregon limits connected US cultivation imports into the UK.
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