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Former President Donald Trump at the 47th annual “March for Life” in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2020. Trump is the first U.S. president to address the country’s biggest annual gathering of anti-abortion campaigners. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images)

BY NORMAN EISEN, RUTH BEN-GHIAT, SIVEN WATT, ANDREW WARREN, JACOB KOVACS-GOODMAN and FRANCOIS BARRILLEAUX | If reelected, former President Donald Trump has said he will be a dictator on “day one.” 

Anti-abortion groups with ties to Trump and the conservative movement have plans to use the presidency to limit abortion access. Trump himself recently signaled his support for a national abortion ban and took credit for overturning Roe v. Wade and helping states institute abortion bans. The Project 2025 agenda would roll back abortion access expansions under the Biden administration and go even further by restricting abortion medication.

In this three-part American Autocracy series, we track Trump’s comments on feminist issues. This installment: the threat a Trump presidency poses for abortion. 

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden during a presidential debate on Oct. 22, 2020. (Pavlo Conchar / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)

BY NORMAN EISEN, RUTH BEN-GHIAT, SIVEN WATT, ANDREW WARREN and FRANCOIS BARRILLEAUX | Trump has shown considerable indicators of autocratic tendencies—such as calling for the Department of Justice to prosecute his political enemies, claiming that Article II of the Constitution gave him the authority to do “anything I wanted,” shamelessly violating the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause to use his government position to enrich himself and his family, and many more. That all culminated in the attempted interruption of the peaceful transfer of power following the 2020 election.

In this three-part American Autocracy series, we track Trump’s comments on feminist issues. This installment: his stance on political enemies and those who disagree with him. 

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Donald Trump mocks trans athletes on June 10, 2023, in Greensboro, N.C., while attending the North Carolina Republican Party Convention. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

BY NORMAN EISEN, RUTH BEN-GHIAT, SIVEN WATT, ANDREW WARREN, JACOB KOVACS-GOODMAN and FRANCOIS BARRILLEAUX | Trump's advisors and associates have publicly discussed hundreds of further actions to be taken during a second Trump presidency that directly threaten democracy, the rule of law, as well as U.S. (and global) security. And Trump himself has made several comments on gay and trans rights that make him a clear threat to the LGBTQ+ community—from promises to revoke gender-affirming care and label the practice “child sexual mutilation,” to deeming medical facilities providing hormone therapies or surgeries for transition as non-compliant with federal health and safety regulations.

In this three-part American Autocracy series, we track Trump’s comments on feminist issues. This installment: threats to the LGBTQ+ community under a potential second Trump presidency.

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