What will Donald Trump do as president? Where the Republican stands on immigration, abortion, tax and more

Republican Donald Trump will become the 47th US president after defeating Democrat Kamala Harris in the election.

The former president, who won the election in 2016 but failed to be re-elected in 2020, will return to the White House when he is sworn in to office in January.

Mr Trump declared he had won his bid to become the next president before most major news channels had called the election. After winning the swing seats of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia, Mr Trump addressed a crowd in Florida claiming his victory was the "greatest political movement of all time".

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It wasn't long before Wisconsin was called for the former president, taking him over the 270 electoral votes needed and sealing his victory.

Mr Trump is the first former president to return to power since Grover Cleveland regained the White House in the 1892 election. He is also the first person convicted of a felony to be elected president and, at 78, is the oldest person elected to the office.

The Republican has plans to enact a sweeping agenda that would transform nearly every aspect of American government. Here we take a look at what Mr Trump has proposed to do as President of the United States and where he stands on key issues.

Mr Trump says he wants to create “the largest mass deportation program in history” and has called for using the National Guard and empowering domestic police forces in the effort.

Details of what the programme would look like are yet to emerge but immigration is one of the biggest issues for his supporters so it will be high on the agenda.

Mr Trump has pitched “ideological screening” for would-be entrants and ending birth-right citizenship - a move that