[Analysis: If history repeats itself, Trump could hurt the dollar] Golden Finance reported that according to foreign media analysis, if history repeats itself, Donald Trump's second presidency could hurt the dollar, which fell during his first term and could fall again, and he could also devalue it. During Trump's presidency from January 2017 to January 2021, the trade-weighted dollar depreciated by about 6%. The widely watched and traded dollar index fell by nearly 12%.