Republican Party candidate Donald Trump was declared the winner of the US presidential election on November 2. He will become the 47th president of the imperialist US for the next four years. He received 78 million votes (equivalent to 312 votes in the Electoral College) against his opponent Kamala Harris, the incumbent vice president and Democratic Party candidate, who received 68 million votes (equivalent to only 226 votes in the Electoral College). Trump previously served as US president from 2016-2020.

“Donald Trump has been declared the 2024 US Presidential winner after a year of imperialist false solutions paraded by the two ruling parties of the United States,” the International League of People’s Struggles (ILPS)-US stated. The ILPS-US notes that the situation of the US people will worsen in the next four years with the victory of the “undeniable champion of monopoly capitalism.” They are calling on the US people to take advantage of this moment and prepare for another four years of organizing the people to strike imperialism and all forms of local reaction as the crisis of US imperialism continues to unravel under another Trump regime.

“It must be made clear that the re-election of Trump does not primarily mark a ‘rightward shift’ among the masses of the US,” the group said. “It marks, instead, the outright failure of the Democrats under Biden and Harris to deliver genuine solutions to the people.”

According to the group, the Democrats oversaw rising inflation of basic living necessities, attacks on labor organizing, repression of people’s movements at home and a devastating rise in seemingly endless wars abroad. The group notes that Harris had no strategy beyond a continuation of Biden’s empty promises while continuing to uphold the interests of arms oligarchs and profiteers from aggressive and proxy wars.

On the other hand, Trump is also notorious for his anti-people policies and unapologetic backing of the interests of the wealthiest capitalists. During his campaign, he promised the “largest deportation in US history.” He is infamous for his anti-immigrant, racist, and anti-worker statements and policies.

“Under Trump, we should expect to see an exponential rise in anti-people attacks… and a rising concentration of power in a shrinking handful of monopoly capitalists, particularly in the tech, energy, financial, real estate, and weapons industries,” the group said.

They see no change in the situation of the US people. They predict a further expansion of attacks on American workers, as Trump pushes for further flexibilization.

Despite Trump’s promises of “peace” and a supposed “anti-war” stance, the American people do not expect a change in the imperialist wars currently being waged in Europe and the Middle East. He even threatens more aggression towards China, at the expense of Filipino, Korean, Hawaiian, and other peoples.

“All in all, this (Trump’s victory) means…deeper economic crisis, political turmoil and deadlock in the legislative system, an upsurge in state repression, an emboldened fascist movement ready to wage street violence against the anti-imperialist and democratic mass movement, and increased US-led war and aggression worldwide,” the group said.