Over the past six months, Donald Trump has abandoned the anti-war, anti-establishment rhetoric that once defined the MAGA movement.

In this episode, Greg Stoker breaks down how Trump’s foreign policy now mirrors the bipartisan war machine he once opposed.

From backing new sanctions on Russia and threatening U.S. allies, to echoing neoconservative talking points on NATO and Ukraine, Trump’s transformation is nearly complete.

This episode examines how MAGA’s shift signals a broader erosion of populist resistance to U.S. empire, with significant implications for global stability.

👉 What happened to “America First”?
👉 Why is Trump supporting secondary sanctions on U.S. allies?
👉 How does Ukraine connect to looming U.S. escalations in Iran and Lebanon?

We also examine how the military-industrial complex benefits regardless of who is in office, and why the forever war persists under a different salesman.

In this episode of State of Play, host Greg Stoker is joined by journalist Jalyssa Dugrot and Middle East analyst Robert Inlakesh to expose a disturbing transnational alliance between U.S. immigration enforcement and Israeli intelligence-linked tech firms.

They dig into ICE’s covert “Tiger Team,” which targeted over 5,000 student activists flagged by the blacklist website Canary Mission. We follow the money and military ties behind firms like Paragon Solutions and Zencity, Israeli companies now contracting with U.S. law enforcement to deploy surveillance tools originally developed for controlling Palestinians.

Also discussed: leaked testimony published by the Knight First Amendment Institute, revealing ICE's reliance on ideologically motivated sources, and a 2018 ADL training in Israel attended by a top ICE official.

What happens to Palestinians abroad is now happening to students and migrants in the U.S.—and no one is off limits.

🎧 Subscribe for deep-dive conversations on the machinery of empire, from the occupied territories to your backyard.

The Epstein case is officially over—no client list, no accountability, and no justice.

Trump’s DOJ sealed the files under the guise of victim protection, but the timing is telling. While MAGA world celebrates “draining the swamp,” ICE quietly becomes the third-largest military force on Earth.

In this episode, Greg Stoker opens on the elite-friendly conclusion to the Epstein saga and follows the thread through the militarization of ICE, the decline of U.S. prison retention, and the consolidation of state power under Trump 2.0.

From Gaza to the border, the performance of rebellion ends exactly where it was designed to: with more war, more surveillance, and more control.

📖 Read the companion article on MintPress News:
🔗 https://www.mintpressnews.com/greg-stoker-epstein-ice-trump-doj/290144

📺 Watch the full episode on YouTube:
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/live/4QAJXenCHY4

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