The next four years
Geographical reflections on the second Trump administration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4633994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Nagel (0009-0000-0152-5800, Department of Geography University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina USA), Peter Hopkins (0000-0003-0445-9217, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology Daysh Building, Newcastle University Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne UK) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 191 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/geoj.70020 |
| OpenAlex | W4410758171 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
In this introductory essay, we reflect on the significance of the re-election of Donald Trump to the presidency in the United States, and we provide some context for interpreting Trump's second term. Two of Trump's early policy moves-the release of billions of gallons of water from reservoirs in California and the granting of refugee status to Afrikaners-portend four years of politics based on alternative facts, conspiracy theories, and racial grievances. Trump's political agenda has received a significant boost from Silicon Valley billionaires, who are keen to eliminate regulatory bureaucracy. Paradoxically, while allied with high-tech futurists, Trump's policies hearken to an earlier era of imperialism and settler colonialism. After outlining the basic contours of Trump's agenda, we provide an overview of this special section on the second Trump presidency as viewed by geographers. We conclude by giving attention to themes not covered in this collection, including the Trump administration's attacks on US universities. In this tumultuous time, geographers must communicate their research to a sceptical and distrustful public that has grown weary of liberal policies
Administration (probate law · Geography · Political science · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Who is behind the ‘war on woke’
Intersectional feminism beyond U.S. flag hijab and pussy hats in Trump’s America
The “Color-Blind” Inversion of Civil Rights History
Los Angeles After the Storm
Trump and the US energy transition
Crypto/Space
Reassessing the Trump presidency, one year on
Propositions on right-wing populism
Resisting gender fascism
Immigration policy in the second Trump administration
Black geographies in the wake
Convergent exclusionary politics of gender and migration in Trump's re-election campaign, 2024-2025
Latinxs in the (newest) Trump era
The 'Islamophobia President' re-elected
Care, family and crisis
Hegemonic retreat
He's a builder, but does Trump have an urban agenda
Geographies of 'lawfare' and the disappearing pathways to US asylum
Settler colonialism in Donald Trump's America
Environmental Deregulation, Spectacular Racism, and White Nationalism in the Trump Era
Emerging patterns of accumulation in land redistribution in South Africa
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |