What would happen if Trump became President?

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US Election: What would happen if Donald Trump made it to White House


Mr Trump has said that the priority for his first 100 days would be “draining the Washington swamp”. Picture: Getty

• RHYS BLAKELY
• The Times
• 12:11PM November 4, 2016

What kind of president could America expect from a candidate who has said that “everything is negotiable"?
Donald Trump has changed parties five times and would be the first commander-in-chief with no experience in office or at the top of the military. On foreign policy he says that he is his own best adviser: “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things.”
His campaign, however, has been underpinned by three principles: that American military might is taken for granted by its freeloading allies; that the US has signed trade deals that harm its middle class; and that immigrants are bringing crime and taking jobs.
Mr Trump has campaigned as the ultimate political outsider. “I’m not running to be everyone’s favourite president,” he said in May. “Things are seriously wrong in this country. People are hurting. I’m running to move quickly to make big changes.”
DAY ONE

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If he wins, Mr Trump will be inaugurated on Friday, January 20. He will ride with President Obama in the presidential limousine to the US Capitol. He will then return to the Oval Office for what has been termed the “First Day Project” - a session where he would spend hours signing documents “to erase the Obama presidency”.
Mr Trump could withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement and suspend a scheme that brings Syrian refugees to the US. He could task officials with drafting trade cases against China - potentially opening a trade war.
In the evening, Mr Trump has said he would go to a “terrific” inauguration ball.

Donald Trump has said that his children, including Ivanka Trump, would run the Trump organisation. Picture: AP
THE FIRST 100 DAYS
Mr Trump has said that the priority for his first 100 days would be “draining the Washington swamp”. He would restrict White House officials from becoming corporate lobbyists after they leave office; introduce term limits for members of Congress and cancel all payments to the UN climate change programme. He would begin interviewing candidates for a vacancy on the Supreme Court, a decision that could shape issues such as abortion and gun control for the next 30 years.
He has said that he would give key jobs to military generals, business executives and possibly family members. Many of his most important appointments will have to be approved by Congress, where he may well face resistance.
Questions would loom over the Trump Organisation, his business. Presidents are not bound by the conflict-of-interest rules that restrict White House staff. He has said that his children would run it.
By the end of his first 100 days, he told The New York Times that “the wall with Mexico would be designed, an immigration ban on certain countries would be in place, an audit of the Federal Reserve would be under way and plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act would be in motion”.
BEYOND THE FIRST 100 DAYS
THE WALL: Top aides say that Mr Trump will need to press ahead with his plan to build a 1,000-mile wall along the southern border to maintain his credibility. He has said that it will be paid for by Mexico. Most experts call that implausible. That may force Mr Trump to go to Congress to ask for the money, and face a rebuff. A token elongation of the current border barrier seems likely.
TAXES: Mr Trump has proposed deep tax cuts. To pass them he needs the backing of the legislature but Republicans are unlikely to have the 60 seats they would need in the Senate to override filibusters.
going alone: He could order a ban on Muslims entering the country - a proposal he made last December - without Congressional approval. This would likely be contested in court.
SYRIA: Mr Trump has declined to detail his plan to defeat Isis, saying he wants to keep it secret to confuse the enemy. He has, however, said he would “bomb the shit” out of the jihadist group’s oil dealings. He has hinted at deploying 30,000 troops to the Middle East and suggested that he would give Russia more space to exert its influence.
NATO: He has said that he might not come to the aid of Nato allies, threatening to undermine a key tenet of the treaty.
TRADE: President Trump would have the authority to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organisation. He could impose tariffs on Chinese goods, although one analysis said the resultant trade war would put four million Americans out of work.

ObamaCare is a total disaster. Hillary Clinton wants to save it by making it even more expensive. Doesn't work, I will REPEAL AND REPLACE!
10:34 PM - 3 Nov 2016

OBAMACARE: This week Mr Trump said he would call a special session of Congress to repeal Obamacare. However, a move to repeal the healthcare law through Congress won’t be quick or easy.
IMMIGRATION: He has sent out conflicting signals on the fate of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants. After saying that they would all be removed by force, he has since “softened” his position, declaring that only the worst criminals would be immediately removed, with the fate of the rest decided when the border was secure.
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