War, climate, tariffs: Our experts on what Trump 2.0 means for the world
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In the hours before Donald Trump's inauguration the world is preparing for a presidency that has huge implications for international security, global trade and the fight against climate change. Here Sky News' correspondents explain what Trump 2.0 could mean for their area of expertise.
Is Trump about to end the Ukraine war in a day?. Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor. Donald Trump will want to strike a deal on Russia's war in Ukraine that brings him a "win" for ending the fighting, but without also gifting a victory to Vladimir Putin.
Crucially, any settlement must be acceptable to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has spent the past few months working hard to impress the value of Kyiv as an ally upon the incoming US leader - and the global menace posed by an emboldened Moscow.
Such a tricky balancing act - after almost three years of all-out war, hundreds of thousands of casualties and millions of Ukrainians displaced from their homes - will require careful, patient diplomacy. This was not always a feature of Mr Trump's first term in office, though his unpredictable, forceful style could yet bring something new to the table that enables the two warring sides to compromise in ways that had previously been impossible to imagine.
In a sign of reality biting, previous claims by the president-elect that he could end the conflict in a day have become less binding. General Keith Kellogg, his envoy to Ukraine and Russia, now says he hopes to secure a deal within the first 100 days of a Trump presidency.
