Robert Armstrong

And Trump has framed these moves as part of a broader vision for American power, which he is calling the Donrow Doctrine.

And this is a reference to the Monroe Doctrine, which was first articulated in 1823 when President James Monroe declared that the Western Hemisphere was America's sphere of influence.

The idea back then in the 1800s was to kind of fend off colonialism from Europeans and

And it basically holds that any intervention in the Americas, in the Western Hemisphere, is potentially some hostile act against the U.S.

So the administration has actually endorsed this publicly, the Monroe Doctrine specifically.

They did that in November, and now we're seeing it play out in Venezuela, more recently in

And we're basically seeing the United States is being treated at this point as like an imperial regime.

And now Trump is talking about maybe taking action against Cuba as well, maybe against Colombia.

Also, we shouldn't forget what he said about Canada last year.

He wanted to fold it into the U.S.

And MAGA supports this.

This was a quote from Representative Andy Ogles, which we're going to play.

So all of this begs the question...

And I know that we're not geopolitical experts, so we're going to try to tie this into markets as much as we can.

But what would an imperial America look like?

How would it change the world if we really went out there and decided we are the apex predator?

And then how would it affect markets and perhaps the economy?

Rob, over to you.

We had this in Liberation Day where Trump does this incredibly stupid thing and the market punishes him severely for it, which is kind of what made taco so great.

And for those who don't remember, Robert Armstrong came up with the phrase taco, which took over the world.