5 ways a second Trump administration would be different from the first

Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for the White House if he wins a second term.

Trump 's first term defined in large part by the political guardrails he crashed into, the institutional norms he breached and the veteran lawmakers and advisers he lashed out against.

The chaos of Trump ’s first term paired with the familiar, if escalating, inflammatory and dark rhetoric of his rallies, can have the effect of obscuring an agenda that is in many cases quite clear.

The cornerstone achievement of Trump ’s first term can be seen in federal courts across the nation.

His imprint on the Supreme Court has been as well documented as it has been dramatic.

Federal courts blocked or forced the withdrawal of 78% of the Trump administration's rules in his first term.

Some of the most senior Trump administration officials have publicly called Trump unfit for office and said they won’t vote for him in 2024 .

But Trump ’s closest aides, however, see that as a reflection of a problem not with Trump , but with the process that allowed for his detractors to be hired in the first place.

Trump 's transition operation was viewed even by his closest allies as a half -baked process.