Debating the Outcome of the US-American Presidential Election '24 Though certainly painful and hard to digest for many voters, commentators, and observers, the outcome of the 2024 US-American presidential election was not an ‘accident’ of history – neither was the decision American citizens made in 2016. This time, though, this vote may not so much result in “chaos,” as some predicted, but set a course that was clearly foreseeable and is rapidly taking shape. Three weeks after the election we like to debate – with our audience – the outcome of the contest and the impact that “commander-in-chief” Donald Trump and his administration can have on the institution of the US-American presidency, on the state of “checks and balances” in the US-American political system, on the future politics of the United States, and on the ongoing shifts in the global geopolitical landscape. https://www.nas.uni-bonn.de/en/events/events-collection/debating-the-outcome-of-the-us-american-presidential-election-24 https://www.nas.uni-bonn.de/++resource++plone-logo.svg

Though certainly painful and hard to digest for many voters, commentators, and observers, the outcome of the 2024 US-American presidential election was not an ‘accident’ of history – neither was the decision American citizens made in 2016. This time, though, this vote may not so much result in “chaos,” as some predicted, but set a course that was clearly foreseeable and is rapidly taking shape.

Three weeks after the election we like to debate – with our audience – the outcome of the contest and the impact that “commander-in-chief” Donald Trump and his administration can have on the institution of the US-American presidency, on the state of “checks and balances” in the US-American political system, on the future politics of the United States, and on the ongoing shifts in the global geopolitical landscape.