It doesn't really matter if he's joking. It's extreme expansionism and all the supporters who were all about small government are pretty much eating it up.

It could also just be a new angle at classic Neo-conservatism; a rebrand of the W Bush era failed attempt at an American Union/Amero currency.

I don't think Trump is the rowdy maverick people think. Seemingly large cuts to some executive programs are really just trivial in the grand scheme. Vice President Musk (the real VP) is also intentionally portrayed so everyone hates him or bros him. There's no middle ground and that's intentional.

I feel like the people really pulling strings in the CIA and Mossad learned from 2000 and are making things more convincing this time around.