The End of Pax Americana
When the U.S. inaugurates Donald J. Trump as its 47th president, the country and world will be very different because of it.
In the end, it wasn’t even close.
Donald Trump became the first U.S. president since Grover Cleveland in 1893 to be reelected after losing a previous reelection. And he’s only the second Republican to win the popular vote in 36 years.
Trump won in a landslide. He helped Republicans take control of the Senate and may well help them keep the House — ensuring single-party control across all three branches of government. He can rightly claim a mandate to implement all the policies he touted.
“I will govern by a simple motto,” he declared in his victory speech. “Promises made, promises kept.”
And he made many promises.
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