2nd Trump Term: Threaten Freedom of the Press, Gun Safety, Foreign Policy, Climate Change, Immig, Abortion

From Abortion to Immigration, Here's What's At Stake if Donald Trump Returns to the White House, The Guardian, Nov. 3, 2024. If Trump returns to the White House for a second term as president, the impact will be felt in many aspects of American life and also across the world. Ed.
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On almost every issue of domestic US policy – from immigration to the environment to gun laws to LGBTQ+ rights – Trump has tacked far to the right of the American mainstream. On a host of other issues, including freedom of the press and the court system, Trump has threatened to break new ground in taking on what he sees as “enemies within”. He represents a real threat to freedom of the press and could weaponize the courts to go after those politicians, and others, who have opposed him.

With the election looming, the country could be on the brink of a profound change, greater than any other in recent American history. With Trump and Kamala Harris now neck-and-neck in the polls, the odds of this election could not be any tighter. But, crucially, the stakes could not be any higher.

Here is a list of the main threats Trump could represent:

Freedom of the press will be under threat
In his first term and as a candidate, Trump has consistently attacked the mainstream press and used conservative media for his political purposes. He threatened to weaken libel laws and called the press “fake news” and the “enemy of the people”. There’s nothing to suggest a re-elected Trump would tone down his aggression.

As recently as this month, Trump demanded that CBS News be stripped of its broadcast license as punishment for airing an edited answer of an interview with his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, and he threatened that other broadcasters ought to suffer the same fate. This rhetoric, along with Trump’s past actions, prompted one science journalist to consider whether press freedom and democracy should be added to the “endangered list”...

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/nov/03/if-trump-wins-the-election-these-11-issues-will-be-under-threat