Donald Trump has won this year's presidential election and is now the president of the US after beating the Democrat candidate, Kamala Harris, to the leadership.
Trump's win makes him the second man in history to serve two non-consecutive terms as US president after previously being in power between 2017 and 2021, before losing to Joe Biden in 2020.
Addressing a campaign party at West Palm Beach, Florida, the 78-year-old, who is also the first convicted felon to serve in the presidential role, claimed: "America’s future will be bigger, better, bolder, richer, safer and stronger than it has ever been before."
So, what does Trump's win actually mean for both the people of America and the wider world and what exactly has he vowed to do now that he's become the 47th president of the United States?
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Here's some of the key policies mentioned by Trump and his campaign during the 2024 US presidential election.
Abortion ban
Women and people who can conceive were severely impacted when the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, which generally protected a right to have an abortion, in 2022.
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After the overturning of Roe v Wade, over a dozen states have almost banned all abortions.
Having called these laws as a 'beautiful thing to watch', it could be possible that federal restrictions on abortion are next.
While Trump once suggested he might veto any anti-abortion ban that lands on his desk, many worry that Project 2025, a 900-page right-wing policy 'wish list', could be where the real fear lies.
Project 2025 proposes using the 1873 Comstock Act, which bans the mailing of abortion-related materials.
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In short, this stops people from shipping abortion pills which is extremely significant given that such medication accounts for around two-thirds of abortions in the US.
If the Comstock Act is enacted to its fullest consent, then Americans could see not only a ban on abortion pills but also on the equipment that clinics need to carry out the procedure.
Trump could also potentially use such legislation to roll out a nation-wide 'de facto' abortion ban.
Immigration
Trump vowed to bring back and expand his most controversial immigration policies, including the travel ban blocking refugees and travellers aimed at mostly Muslim countries.
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"We will seal our border and bring back the travel ban," he previously said.
"Remember the famous travel ban? We didn’t take people from certain areas of the world. We're not taking them from infested countries."
Additionally, Trump's stated he will embark on the 'largest deportation programme in history', claiming he will deport 'maybe as many as 20 million' people.
He's also re-committed to his plans to build a wall along the US's border with Mexico and reportedly has plans to invoke the Insurrection Act, which would give him the power to use the US Army to control the border.
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Trump's 'America first' policies in his first term as president led to Nato members saying that never before had the US been seen as the 'unpredictable ally'.
His 'unpredictability' could mean even more instability in regards to foreign policy - specifically the Russia-Ukraine war and the humanitarian crisis which has seen Israel being accused of genocide against Palestine.
Gun control
The US, which has some of the highest rates of gun violence in the world when compared to other developed countries, sees an average of one death every 11 minutes with 48,204 people dying by firearms in 2022 alone.
President Biden oversaw the passage of the first major federal gun-safety law in almost three decades - but there's fears that such policies could be overturned now that Trump is in power.
Trump's previously dubbed himself 'the best friend gun owners have ever had in the White House' - hence why many are worried he'll do away with Harris' White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which was created in 2023, as well as nominating a gun industry-friendly leader as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Climate crisis
Trump has infamously called the climate crisis an 'expensive hoax' and 'one of the great scams of all time' - despite the fact that the average global temperature has risen by 2° F since 1850, and the rate of warming has increased since 1982 with 2023 being the warmest year on record, at 2.43° F above the pre-industrial average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports.
During his first run as President, Trump withdrew the US from the 'Paris Agreement', which 'implements the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change', according to Columbia Law School.
He's also hinted opening up the USA's oil industry in a move he says could 'make American affordable again', famously spouting 'drill, baby, drill.
Economy
Trump has claimed he will 'end inflation' but has not actually shared how this could be achieved.
As we know, he has stated that he will 'make American affordable again' through opening up the oil industry - which will have a detrimental impact on the environment - and he's claimed he will lower interest rates, despite the POTUS not setting them or controlling them.
He's also vowed he will up taxes on imports while cutting taxes worth trillions of dollars, all while deporting immigrants which he's yet to share any details on how this would be funded during his presidency.
A report from the American Immigration Council concluded that flights to remove the millions of people in question would cost $968 billion (roughly £751 billion).
LGBTQ+ rights
Trump has said he will order all federal agencies to end programmes that 'promote … gender transition at any age' as well as pledging to slash funding from hospitals providing gender-affirming care.
He's also vowed to push for a federal law stating the government doesn’t legally recognise trans people and rescind federal LGBTQ+ non-discrimination policies, like housing, healthcare and employment.
He has also called for new credentialing for teachers to 'promote positive education about the nuclear family, the roles of mothers and fathers', as per The Guardian.
Project 2025 also calls for replacing Biden-Harris previous policies with ones that support 'heterosexual, intact marriage'.
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Rhiannon Ingle