What Can We Expect From a Second Trump Presidency?
From unleashing more dark money in politics to expanding fossil fuel production and assaulting reproductive rights, here’s some of what we can expect from a second Donald Trump administration.
Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
While Donald Trump’s election victory caught many people by surprise, much is already known about what the new Trump administration might bring. For months, we’ve been working to uncover Trump’s plans for a second term. Here’s additional reporting on what to expect as Trump returns to the White House.
Government Ethics
Among the most pressing issues is the fact that Trump’s top Senate ally is working to ensure Trump is able to handpick his own ethics overseer, the person in charge of ensuring Trump and his appointees comply with ethics laws. If successful, the move could have major implications for tech billionaire and Trump booster Elon Musk, since the ethics chief will determine whether Musk needs to divest from conflicts of interest if he’s appointed to an official administration role, as he’s requested — and if so, whether he’s entitled to a gargantuan tax break.
Dark Money
We tracked the unprecedented spread of untraceable dark money in the 2024 presidential campaign and how it was used to fund the far-right plan for Trump’s second term, suppress voting, and blackmail legislators into surrendering to oligarchs. And we were among the first outlets to sound the alarm about cryptocurrency companies launching a political spending spree to influence the election.
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