There aren’t many of the restrictions from his first term in place when Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Numerous Never-Trump Republicans in Congress have either changed their minds or lost. The new Trump administration is unlikely to welcome former economic adviser Gary Cohn and other anti-tariff voices. Jack Smith, special counsel, plans to resign. Additionally, the Supreme Court has given presidents broad protection from prosecution.
The $50 trillion US stock market, however, is another factor that might prevent Trump from acting on some of his more radical impulses.
Trump was fixated on market fluctuations during his first term, seeing the Dow Jones Industrial Average as a live indicator of his success. Trump abruptly broke with the hands-off approach by frequently tweeting out even the most unimportant market milestones.
