What would a second Trump presidency mean for the global economy?
- Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra

Donald Trump inherited a strong economy from President Obama and managed it poorly.
Real GDP grew more slowly under Trump than it had under any president since the second world war. He was the only president since then to preside over a fall in the number of workers with a job.
In 2016, the United States (US) economy was the...