The first 100 days of a Trump presidency
Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States and its commander-in-chief, a stunning achievement for a complete novice to governing whose campaign was written off by the nation's political class.
He defeated Hillary Clinton, the first female presidential nominee of a major party and a former first lady, senator from New York and secretary of state. Shortly after Trump's victory was confirmed, Clinton called him to formally concede.
The election of Trump may be the greatest political surprise of the modern era, after the Republican nominee trailed national and state-by-state polls for over 100 consecutive days. The New York real estate tycoon and reality TV star– with no experience in public service– has proposed a ban on all Muslims from entering the US homeland, a wall on the nation's southern border with Mexico, a trade war with China, a softening with Russia and a ruthless war against Islamists across the Middle East. His victory was a shocking rebuke to the outgoing president, Barack Obama, who warned that Trump is temperamentally unfit for the presidency and an existential threat to the very foundations of the world's oldest democratic republic.
Stock futures plummeted over 800 points as his victory became apparent. If that drop holds Wednesday morning, it will represent a greater market crash than the world has seen since the Great Recession began in the fall of 2008.
It is customary in Americans Presidential elections that a candidate sets out a vision for their first term in the Oval office. He proceeded to detail 24-hours designed to erase traces of Barack Obama's presidency and set America on a protectionist, nativist, track.
Immigration
Mr Trump's rhetoric on immigration came to define his presidential campaign. Though slightly more carefully worded, his proposal once in office remains some of the most divisive legislation on the issue. He has quietly dropped his call to remove all undocumented immigrants from the US, a move that, aside from being so impractical it might be impossible, experts have warned would damage the US economy by taking too many people out of the labour market. Instead he would immediately begin the process of deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records.
Though the terminology is vague, Syria would almost certainly be on this list. Mr Trump has claimed that the government "does not know" who the refugees it lets in are from the country, despite their being scrutinised for up to two years before being allowed to enter the US. And last but not least there is the wall. This would not happen on his first day, he admits, but eventually a Trump administration would push through legislation "build a wall" along the southern border of the United States and make Mexico bear the costs.
Reform Washington
Donald Trump has promised to "drain the swamp" of big money Washington politics. In one of his most popular campaign pitches, he has said he will "reduce the corrupting influence of special interests".
His day one reforms include a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of congress and a five-year-ban on White House and Congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service. In an effort to shrink the size of government the nominee called for a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce its workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety, and public health).
Trade
A Trump presidency would break from the traditional Republican commitment to free trade, imposing a set of protectionist policies to close America's economic borders.He will immediately announce his intention to "renegotiate" the North American Free Trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. He would cancel participation in the Tran-Pacific Partnership, a controversial trade arrangement with 12 countries. The pact aims to deepen economic ties between these nations, slashing tariffs and fostering trade to boost growth.
Foreign Policy
Donald Trump has said that as president he may not guarantee protection to fellow NATO countries who come under attack.
In an interview just before the Republican convention Mr Trump said America would help only if that country had fulfilled its "obligations" within the alliance. It marked the first time in post-World War Two era that a candidate for president suggested putting conditions on America's defense of its key allies.
Advocating an ultra "America first" view of the world Mr Trump has also threatened to withdraw troops from Europe and Asia if those allies fail to pay more for American protection. Mr Trump has flip-flopped on key issues including Syria. Most recently the candidate implied that he sees Bashar al-Assad, the country's dictator, as the lesser evil when compared with US backed rebel opposition groups, some of whom have Islamist leanings.
He has promised to "bomb the hell" out of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Energy and the Environment
In a deeply disappointing development for environmentalists, Mr Trump plans to cancel billions of dollars in payments to the United Nations climate change programs.
He has said he would redirect the funds to pay for infrastructure projects in the US.
He has also promised to lift restrictions on fracking and boost American oil and natural gas production. He would lift roadblocks to the Keystone Pipeline. Environmental activists fought hard to convince the Obama administration to stop the infrastructure project, warning against the effects of the increase in oil production.
Wipe Barack Obama from History Books
One of Mr Trump's first actions will be to try to erase the effects of Mr Obama's presidency. The Republican candidate has promised to cancel every "executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama".Trump spends several hours signing papers—and erases the Obama Presidency.
Chief among them is the Affordable Care Act. Also known as “Obamacare”, the president’s signature policy has brought health insurance to some 12.7 million people who would have struggled to afford medical cover.
But it has also pushed up insurance premiums for Americans not on government assistance.Mr Trump would replace this with another, system, the “Health Savings Accounts”. This plan would give more power to states over how to handle funds. But beyond that critics have said that the Trump campaign has failed to explain how it differs significantly from Mr Obama’s healthcare plan, and how they would implement it.
Like with much of his presidential campaign, Mr Trump appears to be asking the American people to trust him and wait and see.