Back with a vengeance? Trump's bid to unravel the Biden years on day one

François PICARD | Rebecca GNIGNATI | Guillaume GOUGEON | Dan HAZELWOOD | Anne BAGAMERY | Kethevane GORJESTANI | Elisabeth FAUQUERT

Edité par France 24 - 2025

His diehard supporters are cheering, hailing the pardoned as "hostages" of a political witch hunt and celebrating his promise of mass deportations targeting "criminal aliens". But can Trump keep his coalition intact? From populist voters to billionaire tech titans like Elon Musk, do their interests truly align? 

And in Washington, where his party controls Congress and the Supreme Court is stacked with his appointees, can the disrupter-in-chief truly crush his enemies and solidify his legacy?

Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Guillaume Gougeon and Annarosa Zampaglione.

Note
  • With a few strokes of the pen, it’s as if he never left. Or is it? On day one of his second term, Donald Trump pardoned nearly all those convicted in the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol. Has the 45th and now 47th president succeeded in rewriting the narrative?

Langue
anglais
Date de publication
21/01/2025
Collection
The Debate
Contributeurs
Dan HAZELWOOD Republican Strategist, President of Targeted Creative Communications
Anne BAGAMERY Independent journalist
Kethevane GORJESTANI FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor; Former Washington correspondent
Elisabeth FAUQUERT Senior Lecturer in American studies at Paris Nanterre University

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