COMING UP — President-elect Donald Trump appears on his way to finishing off a commanding victory. He’s already helped flip Senate control and is likely to win the popular vote, with the grand majority of counties around the country shifting right from their 2020 margins. The House remains undecided, but if Republicans can secure victory there, Trump will enter the White House in January with a clear mandate for his agenda and control over Congress. The GOP advantage in both chambers will remain modest, but as Trump receives guests at Mar-a-Lago and plots out what his Cabinet and first 100 days will look like, Nightly has you covered on what the next four years will look like. What policies to expect from Trump’s second term: Trump has promised the largest deportation of immigrants in American history, sweeping new tariffs on imports, a freeze on climate-related regulations, a remaking of federal health agencies and ideological changes in the education system. Trump insiders say they believe he’ll be able to move faster than he did in his first term to accomplish those goals. In a roundup from policy-focused reporters around the newsroom , POLITICO considers how Trump will deal with immigration, tariffs, foreign policy, health care, education, climate, housing and taxes. How Trump’s legal problems will be erased: Trump beat the system that tried to put him in jail. He was already the first former president ever to be charged with and convicted of felonies. Now he has become the first convicted felon ever to win a presidential election. And his victory virtually guarantees that he will never face serious legal accountability for his alleged wrongdoing. Read Kyle Cheney and Erica Orden on how and why. What the Trump mandate looks like, and who he wants to punish: Democrats warned that Trump and his supporters are prepared to hijack democracy. Now they must ruefully acknowledge another reality, writes POLITICO Editor-in-Chief John Harris: The Trump movement, no matter how much this appalls opponents, is a powerful expression of democracy. And as that movement storms into office, Trump has promised retribution against his political enemies. Here are the people with the most reason to be concerned. Trump’s planned Cabinet: Trump hasn’t yet had formal conversations about how his Cabinet will look. But that hasn’t stopped him from spitballing potential nominees on the trail. Between Trump’s own words and POLITICO’s reporting, learn who might be in Trump’s next Cabinet. And Cabinet officials will be far from Trump’s only appointments. Joe Biden’s first days in the Oval Office were spent undoing a number of Trump’s most divisive changes at the Pentagon. Now, Trump is ready to do the same. Trump’s opponents are foremost concerned that he will politicize the military and use it domestically against his political opponents. Should he follow through on his rhetoric, that could spark a fight over reining in his authority. What Europe thinks: European policymakers have spent months preparing for Trump’s potential return to the White House. But they also don’t really know how this will all unfold. Trump has promised to slap tariffs on every single European good entering the U.S. So the EU has preemptively locked and loaded some retaliatory measures. Seems logical — but that only works in a world where Trump is not erratic and impulsive. Also, remember Trump’s boast that he could instantly “end” Russia’s war in Ukraine? Whatever he means, it has ramifications in Europe. Welcome to POLITICO Nightly. Reach out with news, tips and ideas at nightly@politico.com. Or contact tonight’s author at cmchugh@politico.com or on X (formerly known as Twitter) at @calder_mchugh.
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