Trump must deliver on the promises he made to the poor

The under-paid and the unemployed in the US distrust the experts, but will the new president repair the system he claimed was rigged and redistribute wealth, or perpetuate inequality by cutting ‘deals’ for the powerful? asks Rob Johnson

THE inauguration of US president-elect, Donald Trump, is on January 20, and the best assessment of the incoming administration is to focus on the factors that led to his victory.

Trump was not elected in a vacuum, and, as his agenda takes shape, we can start to gauge its impact on the political economy whence his candidacy emerged.