Will Donald Trump be less scary in his second term?

I think the chatty, smiley, laughing moments between Donald Trump and Barack Obama at President Jimmy Carter's funeral service said it all. The Washington establishment is less apprehensive about having Trump back in the White House. Obama was so relaxed with Trump next to him that he was rewarded with a glare from Kamala Harris in front of him. Having been defeated by Trump in the 2024 election she is still in no mood to be nice to, let alone, cosy up to the president-elect. Obama knew the cameras would be on him and Trump and yet he chatted away as if he was the best of friends with Trump, the man he has previously referred to as a danger to US democracy. Yes, I think people in very senior positions are hoping that Trump will have learned from his first term in office and will this time round be less strident, less muddled, less autocratic and more presidential. They may be right. The US definitely needs a huge boost in confidence and global influence and if Trump can sort out Putin and Ukraine and get Gaza back for the Palestinian people without Hamas and occupying Israeli troops, then the smile on Obama's face might stay put. Of course it could all go wrong. Putin might just say Niet to a deal with Zelensky and the Gaza war could carry on although on a less ferocious scale. But one thing that is absolutely certain, when Trump stands in front of the microphone as president he is not going to sound like poor old Joe Biden whose husky and fragile voice often just got drowned in muddled words.