but we are still reflecting on what all of this means for us...

His overall protectionist policies will probably be a bad thing, although the fact he's quiet an anglophile might turn out in our favour if we're nice to him...

I'm not 100% convinced that high immigration has a negative impact on the US economy.

Tell that to the border states!

The Elon Musk Factor...
Yeah this is an abysmal choice. I'm hoping with perhaps some evience that he will take on little more than a social media role in the end. The 'DOGE' department he 'invented' for example, already exists under another name. He doesn't know that because he's just a conman.

which means more women with unwanted babies,

The problem here is, just as many women voted anti-abortion. Not a small number either, with 40% of white women and only a 10 point gap overall between the two parties. I think it's too general to say 'poor women' when so many voted against democrats Even latino women went to Trump's side in significant numbers.

I suspect not that many people consider abortion a major issue. At least not as much as we think.

It's likely Trump will cut funding to Ukraine

I don't think it's clear this so clear as good and bad. If we're talking about reducing overall suffering - this is a good decision (if even possible) 700,000 russians have died needlessly. Likely same in Ukraine.

If giving the entirety of Ukraine to Russia to take it all back, a lot of people probably would be ok with it.

I think people voted for Trump because they just wanted something DIFFERENT.

I think it's a lot deeper than that, based on my rummagings over the last couple of weeks. There's a lot of valid reasons to go Trump, really.