Trump, who was convicted of 34 felonies in May and welcomed climate change because it would create more oceanfront properties, ran a nativist campaign built around a promise to deport millions of unauthorized immigrants and impose tariffs on imports from foreign countries, which many economists have said would create a depression. The 78-year-old billionaire has also vowed to roll back environmental policies and protections, severely curtail the rights of transgender people, and seek revenge against his political enemies.
In the final days of the campaign, Trump-aligned surrogates and influencers, like Musk, pushed for more men to cast their ballots for Trump. For months, Trump and his vice presidential pick JD Vance appeared on dozens of podcasts targeted at young men. Trump sat with the popular Kick streamer Adin Ross in a live video at Mar-a-Lago over the summer, joined wrestler…
