The Republican has promised strong growth, high tariffs, income tax cuts and booming oilfields. But despite the solid job market and low 4.1% unemployment rate, he has to contend with headwinds like inflation, a budget deficit, increased tensions over trade, the fallout from his plans to curtail immigration and a persistent wealth gap.

The Oval Office may be a familiar place to the newly reinaugurated President Donald Trump, but he inherited an economy that couldn’t be more different than the one he encountered the last time he entered the White House.

The inaugural speech and first set of executive orders do not change expectations for policy in any surprising way.

Russian President Putin has made it clear that he is willing to negotiate with the US about the war in Ukraine, but will only accept a full capitulation by Ukraine, including territorial concessions and neutrality with Western powers.

As Donald Trump once again takes office for his second and final U.S. presidential term, questions concerning his proposed economic policy measures continue to loom. Try It: The Trump Economy