Trump Allies Forge New Economic Populism Framework Favoring Workers That Could Send Shockwaves Through the GOP

Conservative thinkers close to Trump have developed an economic populism framework around his message that shifts from traditional GOP positions. It aims to prioritize workers over corporate elites and rejects the Reaganite approach that benefited companies more than laborers. Amid the Trump-era culture wars, neopopulists view corporate CEOs not as allies in the fight against big government but as "woke elitists" imposing liberal values on middle America. The vision is for a worker-centric party supporting higher unionization and financial transaction taxes. While not yet dominant, this populism is rising and could reshape GOP economic stances if adopted nationally.