Trump's New Hustle: Power Plays Over Compassion

0:00Trump's 2016 primary win didn't just beat rivals, it ended the Bush family's three-decade grip on the Republican Party. That olgar-plish tax cuts for the rich, free trade, open borders for cheap labor, and wars to spread American power. Trump promised the opposite, tariffs for jobs, borders sealed tight, no more endless fights overseas. But lately, his push against Iran, aiming to stop nukes and maybe topple the regime, feels like a throwback to the 2003 Iraq invasion. Nearly a month in, it's sidelining the economy for Middle East drama, crushing hopes that Trump had a real populist plan, folks like Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, and thinkers at places like the Claremont Institute are calling it quits on Trumpism. One guy even says he's just George W. Bush, with extra flair. Right-wing populists who ditched the globalist vibe feel betrayed. Sure, Trump differs from Bush. He's bluntly nationalist, skips the nation-building talk and cuts foreign aid sharp.

1:01That move, per Harvard estimates, has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths from disease and hunger worldwide. His tough stance has allies cozying up to China too. In the end, populists killed off Bush-style republicanism. But what came next is raw power plays abroad, coercion over compassion, America squeezing. Others dry. It's not isolation, it's a new hustle on the world stage. From your city, powered by AI, this is Canada News Today.