November 6, 2024
So what is going to happen now that former president Trump is now president elected again?
First of all this makes him only the second president to hold non- consecutive presidential terms. The only other president to do that was Grover Cleveland who was the 22nd and the 24th president serving in office in the late 1800s.
But now in 2024 – what will a second Trump presidency mean for you? Obviously, I don’t predict the future but based on what the former president has said in the last few years and what he did in his last term I can tell you a few things for certain. Things are going to change. This video is going to talk about just a few important issues.
First – let’s be very clear. Both of the federal criminal cases against former President Trump including the 2020 election interference case also known as the January 6th case and the classified documents case which are both in litigation right now will end. The department of justice will not prosecute a president and on top of that, after January 20th, Merrick Garland will no longer be the attorney general. Trump will install his own cabinet — including attorney general and that new AG will dismiss special counsel Jack Smith. There are actually reports today that smith has already reached out to garland about winding things down. With smith gone, those cases will both fall apart. The only question is going to be whether before the end of this year, if jack smith will issue a final report on these cases. That we don’t know yet.
Second – understand that most supreme court watchers are under the impression that two of the oldest supreme court justices — justice Clarence Thomas and justice Samuel Alito will retire. That will give trump potentially two more Supreme Court picks and he will of course pick two young conservatives. And because voters gave Republicans control of the senate as well in this election, those nominees will probably sail through the confirmation process and will ultimately sit on the bench. It only takes a simple majority to confirm a justice in the senate and as of last night republicans have 52 with potentially two more seats being called soon.
Third – it is safe to say based on what happened when trump took office in 2017 and when Biden took office in 2021, Trump will revoke any Biden administration policy he can. Biden did that with Trump policies and that’s what trump did to Obama policies. That includes policies that are currently in litigation or in the rulemaking process. Including student loan forgiveness policies and rules that have not been approved by congress. Programs like the public service loan forgiveness program will likely stay – that’s been around since the George W Bush administration – though it may once again be difficult to qualify for that program. But any new Biden student loan forgiveness program that has been proposed in the last four year is definitely in jeopardy…including the save income driven repayment program which – as I’ve been reporting — is currently moving its way through the courts. It’s possible the new Trump department of justice will abandon the fight to protect those programs – especially because it’s the red states that are suing to shut them down.
Along the policy lines – expect major changes to immigration policies immediately when trump takes office. He has promised the largest deportation effort in the country’s history. How he carries that out exactly and what level of involvement is required by congress will depend on what exactly he does.
And fourth – I’m sure you’re wondering about trump’s promises about no tax on tips, or over time or social security and when that’s going to happen. That’s unclear. And the reality is – yes republicans will now control the senate – but right now the house is still up for grabs. It’s possible the republicans will retain control but right now it’s also possible democrats will flip it. If republicans retain control then it’s going to be relatively easy for trump’s tax policies to be enacted – including renewing the 2017 trump tax cuts. But if democrats control the house all those tax policies may shift a bit.
