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The overall sense is that Trump’s pledge to increase tariffs and deport millions of undocumented immigrants could hurt businesses and cause instability.

“Chinese leaders will reinforce the narrative that the US is the single and most disruptive source of global instability, while portraying China as a responsible and confident world power,” says Yu Jie.

Musk has admitted that his plans would inflict "hardship" on Americans; austerity measures in other countries have led to skyrocketing poverty rates and economic instability.

Before the US election, Scholz allies argued that now was not the time for early elections and political instability in Germany.

Many are concerned about these and other potential sources of domestic instability, including a surge in far-right violence that could be encouraged by foreign actors or by Trump himself.