Eight shifts redefining America in Trump's second year

Axios gathers eight expert views on how Trump’s second year reshaped the U.S.: a more aggressive foreign stance with a Monroe Doctrine–style tilt; Congress serving as his policy engine; an economy guided by deregulation, selective government stakes, and micromanaged corporate decisions; a corporate “America First” shift diminishing ESG/DEI efforts; near-permissionless AI policy accelerating tech competition; cuts to U.S. soft power and media programs; sweeping health-care changes with federal agency reductions and regulatory overhaul; and a broad rollback of climate policy reshaping energy markets.