What Donald Trump's Second Term Will Look Like—From RFK Jr. to Elon Musk

Donald Trump has been elected for a second White House term according to The Associated Press (AP), with victory in Wisconsin pushing him past the 270 Electoral College votes he required for victory.

"I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises. No pay, no title, no recognition is needed."

Musk said he believes the federal budget could be cut by "at least" $2 trillion when he addressed a Trump rally at New York's Madison Square Garden on October 27.

Speaking at the end of October, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , who ran as an independent before pulling out of the race and endorsing Trump, also suggested he could play an important role in the president-elect's second administration.

Addressing journalists, the environmental activist and vaccine skeptic said: "The president has asked me to clean up corruption and conflicts at the agencies and to end the chronic disease epidemic.

"He wants measurable results in two years and to return those agencies to their long traditions of gold-standard evidence-based science and medicine."

Ahead of the election The Washington Post reported that if Trump won, Kennedy would have "significant control over health and food safety" in his administration, citing "four people familiar with the planning process."

It remains to be seen what role more traditional Republicans , who played a major role in Trump's first administration, will have in his second. Figures like secretaries of state Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo , and defense secretary James Mattis, formed the backbone of Trump's 2017-21 administration.

However a number of these more conventional figures have gone on to sharply criticize Trump, and during a recent interview with Joe Rogan , Trump said the "biggest mistake" of his presidency was picking "a few people I shouldn't have picked." He added: "Neocons or bad people or disloyal people."

In policy terms Trump has vowed to impose a flat 10-20 percent tariff on countries that "have been ripping us off," though exactly which countries are included in this category remains unclear. Trump has also suggested tariffs of 60 percent could be imposed on trade with China, America's chief geopolitical rival and the world's second-largest economy.

During the election campaign Trump pledged to launch the "largest deportation program in history" if victorious and said he had "no problem" utilizing the National Guard and American military to support this effort.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimated there were around 11 million illegal migrants in the U.S. in January 2022, some of whom arrived as far back as the 1980s.

Trump has also vowed to "seal our border" and reinstate a travel ban that he imposed on certain, predominantly Muslim, countries during his first administration.

Speaking earlier this year Trump said: "We will seal our border and bring back the travel ban. Remember the famous travel ban? We didn't take people from certain areas of the world."

The Republican nominee said refugees from Gaza would be included in this adding "we're not taking them from infested countries."

On foreign policy Trump has suggested Ukraine will have to make concessions as part of a new peace agreement with Russia.

Speaking during August's presidential debate, Trump said Kyiv should have "given up a little bit" adding: "If they made a bad deal, it would have been much better."

Trump later claimed he could get a deal that would be good for "both sides."

Speaking after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York, Trump said he had a "very good relationship" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin .

He added: "I think long before I, before January 20, before I would take the presidency—it's January 20—but long before that, I think that we can work out something that's good for both sides."