"Brace yourselves, he's wounded and now ready to unleash total chaos"

Indeed, as he points out, there are reasons to expect the worst.

Using foreign policy as a means of easing political frustrations is dangerous when it is in the hands of the world's most powerful political leader, and this particular US president may find it difficult to resist that temptation.

According to Waghorn, Trump faces two years of a difficult challenge in the form of a hostile US Congress. He will struggle to implement any domestic policy agenda and will face investigations, budgetary constraints and political gridlock.

Further unrestrained actions on the international stage

However, on the world stage, he will be far less constrained. The executive, or unilateral, powers of any US president are considerably broader in foreign affairs than in domestic matters.

Restricted and under pressure at home, Trump will still have a free hand to demonstrate his power, show off and, as the article puts it, run amok abroad – with no elections to worry about and nothing left to fight for.

In just two years, Trump has turned the world upside down. He appears to have sided with America's greatest adversary, Russia, in the biggest land war in Europe since World War II, while simultaneously launching a reckless war with Iran, damaging both the global economy and the international standing of the United States.

At the same time, he has courted autocrats, indulged bizarre imperialist fantasies and clashed with America's closest allies.

Now, his Republican Party has paid the price for all of this, primarily because of the impact of his policies on rising prices.

Will he now make amends for his actions, Waghorn asks, before immediately reaching his conclusion: "Unlikely." As he points out, this is not a president inclined to admit mistakes or show remorse. Judging by his past behaviour, he will simply shift the blame onto others and then, most likely, pursue the same course even more aggressively.

"Brace yourselves!"

Trump knows how to change the subject and keep himself at the centre of attention, and at every stage over the next two years, he will know that the best way to achieve this is on the world stage.

He could try to broker more peace agreements and secure more opportunities for high-profile photo ops, whether with Kim Jong Un or at meetings with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.

Alternatively, he could further escalate the war with Iran, encouraged by messages from his Israeli allies suggesting that he could still be the president who brings down the Iranian regime. He could also initiate other conflicts.

Trump will also seek to polish his political legacy by any means possible, and no one knows what other adventures this wounded and angry president might be persuaded to embark on.