Second Trump stint in White House would see return of his vindictive economic policy

MANY political analysts see the United States sleepwalking towards a second Donald Trump presidency later this year, something that they say will place American democracy and global economic growth in serious jeopardy.

Economic policy is one of the few things that are predictable when it comes to Trump, the 77-year-old who is on course to secure the Republican Party’s nomination for the US presidential election in November.

On Monday (Jan 15), Trump clinched a resounding victory in the first 2024 Republican presidential contest in Iowa, a result that gave him greater command over the party, even though he faces numerous criminal charges ahead of an expected election rematch with President Joe Biden.