What will be the ramifications of a Trump presidency?

Personally, I think it's too early to tell. Much of the world did not expect this result, but if you look at at overseas media (I'll talk about ours as that's what I have been listening to), the reaction is actually more muted than I thought it could be. 

In terms of tourism, that does not always correlate with politics - assuming Trump does not make The Strip in Vegas go dark or take Micky Mouse's ears away, you'll probably be fine. The greater hit, certainly in terms of UK tourists, already happened with the weakening of sterling, but I still see people saying they are going to the US for a holiday next year, so who knows.

The US has been a target for terrorists for a long time - this election might well spur them on, but the rhetoric is only the same as it was before. 'They' can use this as a rallying cry but, to be fair, they'd be basically stating the same anti-western crap as they did before. If I was going to be worried about anything at this stage, it would be about home-grown terrorism. 

Personally, I think we will see a softening of the rhetoric we saw during the election speeches he made (basically because he has to). The markets were not as badly affected as some predicted or shout about. Reaction is more muted than might have been predicted. 

Honestly, I think it will take a couple of days for things to calm down a little and then people can start to predict the future - there's nothing as frightening as an emotional knee jerk reaction, whether it's yours or that of someone else.  

I am scared about not having heath insurance again. I need it because of the brain tumor. Other than that I am not really worried. But, I am concerned about his mouth around foreign leaders.
Jen

His plan is your healthcare spending account, once exhausted it's all on the individual.

More personal responsibility in what sense? For what? By what sector of society? 

Less taxes sounds great - how will the various promises be funded? 

No war with Russia?? 

I'm just a lurker here, but I don't have a lot of places to share my thoughts (friends/family are out if I want to keep the peace).

Trump was chosen because he is seen as a "disruptor." So I believe he will disrupt. I think the US President can actually alter foreign policy easier than they can domestic changes, which requires either the will of the states or Congress. Internationally the impact can simply come from using or not using the bully pulpit, which foreign leader's phone calls they take, and willingness to use or not use the US military or economic sanctions/monetary policies.  Trump doesn't actually have to "do" much to affect how the world responds to the US.  I'm feeling more worried about the macro than the micro.

I believe it will lead to certain foreign countries and regimes feeling emboldened, altering their foreign policies to serve their best interests including engaging in resource wars (exacerbated by the effects of climate change that other countries accept is real). Which won't be good for other foreign countries (like things like Russia invasion of Crimea and China's policies in the South China Sea). This will destabilize those regions leading to economic instability in neighboring countries. Leading to more destabilization, leading to more economic instability. Lather, rinse, repeat. (ex. Syria crisis spills over into Turkey - already happening, which spills over into Eastern Europe, which spills over into Western Europe, which spills over to us.) Won't happen overnight, but the dominoes will have been knocked over, leading to consequences that will last longer than President Trump is Constitutionally allowed to serve.

I think multi-national companies will be making decisions based on the unstable global political and economic landscape which will have trickle down affects to American jobs and American prices that US domestic policy will not be able to contain. They will be making decisions that most Americans can't even begin to wrap their brains around and didn't enter into their decision on who to elect beyond "we need to focus more on America." I think the communities that feel that globalization has left them behind, will be put at even more risk due to rising prices, higher unemployment and a loss of the social safety net they think "other people" benefit from that they don't. I think many people take the post WWII, post Cold War relative economic and political stability for granted, and due to technological progress, the US won't be able to avoid the economic impacts (supply chain disruptions) wars on other continents would have. Things that weren't a factor 100, 150 or 200 years ago because we were physically so isolated. People can't imagine it can get worse for them, but look at the rest of the world, how much things can change in a generation. The shock will lead to an even angrier US electorate who once again feels betrayed that "hope and change" didn't work out like they thought it would.

He's used to running his business and really not having anyone to answer to and doing things on his own schedule. He's also used to dumping projects if they don't work out for him. He's in for a shock. While the President has significant powers, there is much of his agenda he can not accomplish unless Congress goes along. He'll get some of it - like changing the healthcare system. As I said in another thread, I think the Senate will have the sense to know you just can't dump millions of people off of health coverage. If for no other reason, the insurance lobby will have their say. I also don't think Trump has any idea of the pressure of the office. He's 70 years old and even if he is as healthy as he claims to be, it's a tough job.

Things like building the wall? Hard for me to say because I don't know what the congress and senate think about it. Trump can't do it without money and Mexico isn't going to pay for it no matter what he has claimed.

The biggest thing he can influence is the Supreme Court. It will likely be more conservative particularly as there are some justices who are as old as Scalia was. I don't wish them any ill will at all but in 4 years time, it's likely there will be more appointments.

It would be very surprising if he has much impact on the economy at all. For all the credit or blame we give Presidents for the economy, it ebbs and flows around them. His plan to force companies to bring back manufacturing jobs is so full of holes, it's hard to know where to start. It was clearly an idea tossed off the top of the head by someone who has never worked in or had any significant dealing with large scale manufacturing.

My biggest concern is his big mouth and what kind of international incident he is going to create.

I believe there will be world wide unrest. Countries who don't see us favorably will begin to push his buttons to see if he is all talk. North Korea, Somalia, Irac, Iran, and Russia will make things very tense. My guess is Isis will target at least one or more of Trumps buildings, resorts or golf courses. He was so eager to brag about how big bad he is, they will show him what he is dealing with.

Otherwise, I think he will be fairly ineffectual. I don't think he has any idea how things work in Washington. He will repeal Obama care, but if he can come up with anything better remains to be seen. He will be able to get a much more conservative justice on the Supreme Court.

I see him bumbling through the next four years unable to deliver much of anything he promised to the middle class. Business economics and government economics are two very different things.

I dearly hope I'm wrong.

My guess is that he and the Republican congress will push through tax cuts for corporations and the rich to the point that we won't be able to pay for anything. All that infrastructure he talks about building isn't going to happen because there won't be any money for it and things will crumble around us. We had a Republican governor who tried that here and the result was a major interstate highway bridge collapsed during rush hour killing 13 people and injuring countless others. 

There are times when I am happy that I don't understand anything about financial markets. This is one of them, lol, cause you're freaking me out and I didn't understand half of what you said.

There is little chance of ground ever being broken on "The Wall" project. It would have to be built past the flood plain of the Rio Grande and a lot of that is privately owned ranch land or national park land. Just the acquisition of the land would be tied up in the courts for years. And then there are the issues of designing and funding it. It would be a massive project that costs billions of dollars. Not to mention the fact that construction would take place in very isolated and inhospitable terrain where people die from dehydration and exposure. Just the logistics of getting workers, equipment, and materials out there would be a nightmare.

Could it be done? Sure. Is it realistic? No.

I worry about putting an oil CEO in charge of the national parks. and I worry about my disabled child will be able to continue to get good healthcare through medicaid. and ssi really needs to be raised. she won't get enough to rent a share of a room in our town.. I was hoping that hillary would make life better for the disabled. trump won't. I worry about lgbt rights and abortion rights.
the plight of the poor and hunger would get worse.

there were stories on how the wall couldn't be built. maybe some channels didn't run those stories as it did not fit their narratives. part of it would have to be on tribal land..and that tribe is never giving permission.

I posted some pictures several months ago from our trip to Big Bend National Park (the views from which this wall would utterly ruin) to show the impossibility of just throwing up wall in this part of the world.  Beside being remote, isolated and inhospitable, a good chunk of it is very mountainous.  

I wouldn't think this is a big secret to anyone who looks at a map?