How do you expect it to differ from his first term?

Doug Casey: Thank heavens Kamala lost. If she'd won, the Jacobins would have cemented their hold on the country, and it would have been "game over." We would have seen an acceleration of cultural decline, vastly higher taxes and regulations, and a serious push to shut down free speech.

It feels like morning in America again. But unfortunately, morning only lasts six hours. You've got to remember that roughly half the country voted for Kamala, despite her total lack of any qualifications and her extreme commitment to socialist/statist values. Half the country believes in these things; they're unhappy and not going away.

In other words, it ain't over till it's over. And it ain't over yet.

Regarding Trump's next four years, I hope that he shows better judgment than he did in his first term when he surrounded himself with all kinds of spineless toadies, deep-staters, and political hacks. But I'm optimistic. For instance, he's announced that Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley—horrible people—are out.

Better yet, he's putting RFK Jr. in a position of power over the FDA. He's tasked Elon Musk with trying to cut Federal spending by $2 trillion. They're talking about putting Ron Paul in a position to weigh in on monetary policy. And they've apparently offered Joel Salatin a position in the Department of Agriculture.

While Trump doesn't have a philosophical core, flies by the seat of his pants, is not terribly knowledgeable, and demonstrated horrible judgment about people the last time around, this time, he's doing a much better job picking the people who are going to actually make things happen.