Trump's Second Term Will Change AI, Energy, and More

U.S. presidential administrations tend to have big impacts on tech around the world. So it should be taken as a given that when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, his second administration will do the same. Perhaps more than usual, even, as he staffs his cabinet with people closely linked to the Heritage Foundation, the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank behind the controversial 900-page Mandate for Leadership (also known as Project 2025). The incoming administration will affect far more than technology and engineering, of course, but here at IEEE Spectrum, we’ve dug into how Trump’s second term is likely to impact those sectors.