VDH UltraAftermath of Kash Patel: the Many Sources of Schiff’s Anger
Our Ultra subscribers are invited to join Victor Davis Hanson in this short discussion of the many reasons for Adam Schiff’s anger in the recent hearing of Kash Patel for FBI Director.
Plane Crash, Executive Orders, and Kash
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss Trump’s early presidency, executive orders, the D.C. plane-helicopter collision, DEI policies, meritocracy, immigration challenges, the fentanyl crisis, Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing, and the left’s response to political apostates.
Mexico—Friend, Enemy, Neutral, or Something Else?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Mexican nationals, likely cartel members, recently crossed the border and shot and wounded an American hiker. Did they assume that Joe Biden was still president, and so it was still a veritable open season on Americans without consequences? Mexico also recently balked at allowing a U.S. transport plane to land, […]
Don’t Look Back: America First and the Dangerous Alternative
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump’s America First Manifesto contrasted with Obama, how Mexico thinks DJT is unserious, Greenland’s status, facing China’s Belt and Road Initiative, meritocracy’s comeback, de-DEIing the university, the irony of Biden and mental fitness, and the anniversary of the Alger Hiss conviction.
VDH UltraTrump’s First Two Weeks: Pardonomania, Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Three other Biden pardons stand out: Liz Cheney, Dr. Fauci, and Gen. Milley. Liz Cheney was the Republican minority whip in the House. During Trump’s first term, she voted with his agenda over 90% of the time. She was convinced after January 6 that the buffoonish riot was instead an “insurrection,” that […]
VDH UltraTrump’s First Two Weeks: Was Hegseth Really Less Qualified than Mayorkas for a Cabinet Position?
Victor Davis Hanson So far Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have both voted not to confirm Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary and thereby joined every single Democratic senator to reject his nomination. That rejectionism seems striking when they both voted to confirm in 2021 two of the worst and most leftwing cabinet secretaries […]
Trump Goes to California and Hegseth’s Confirmation
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for a discussion of Pete Hegseth’s nomination fight, the US Naval Academy, Elon’s salute, Trump taking on bureaucracy in California , Karen Bass’s radical past, pardons, and the special consideration of Mike Pompeo.
Trump and His New Frenemies, Abroad and at Home
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness President Trump recently gave a video talk to the World Economic Forum (WEF) assemblage in Davos. He expressed fondness for Europe. He praised many for their attendance—and then tore into the evils of hyperregulation, high taxes, radical environmentalism, and the DEI/ESG commissariat of both the prior Biden administration and indeed […]
Trump, Davos, and the New World Order
On this episode, join Victory Davis Hanson and Sami Winc as they delve into the current political landscape, discussing Trump’s recent video address to Davos and the implications of his remarks. Victor shares insights on the controversial comments made by Bishop Budde regarding Trump and the ongoing debates surrounding immigration and social issues. The discussion […]
Militaries must return to the ancient confidence that it is better to kill more of the aggressors’ population than to have lost some of its own.
Victor Davis Hanson // Mosaic This is a response to What’s Wrong with the Postmodern Military?, originally published in Mosaic in January 2025 Ran Baratz’s sharp critique of Israeli retaliatory action following October 7, coupled with incisive and constructive correctives, is a shared worry outside of Israel. Why, he asks, was the IDF surprised by the attack, why was […]
Dawn of a New Era: Inauguration, Executive Orders and Pardons
Listen to the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the inauguration speech and happenings, Trump’s executive orders, reflections on MLK, and Biden’s pardons.
VDH UltraThe Meaning of Late Pardons
Victor Davis Hanson discusses the late pardons signed by Joe Biden. We are still working on the app to play the video: Androids should work. We are still in the process with Apple of updating the iOS.
The Addicted, Petty, and Hysterical Left
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Donald Trump won the 2024 election in part because the left’s hysterical style of attacking Trump no longer worked. After a decade of this unhinged furor, it proved worthless in winning public support—and for two simple reasons. One, after years of Russian collusion hoaxes, the laptop disinformation farce, and the […]
Sovereignty and the Face of Deterrence
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to talk about Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, US sovereignty, Harris-Biden admin and the sympathetic worldview, the necessity of deterrence, France pre-WWII, the unimpressive modern elite, GenZ lacking life skills, Israel and necessity, Gazans knew Hamas, and euthanasia in Canada.
VDH UltraRemembering a Peerless Historian
by Terry Scambray New Oxford Review With the recent death of British historian Paul Johnson (1928-2023), the second Age of Johnson has ended. The first Age of Johnson is an honorific for Samuel Johnson, the great 18th-century man of letters. As impressive and influential as he was, his world was confined largely to Europe, whereas […]
VDH UltraJanuary 20—Novus ordo seclorum? Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson The obvious answer to all these disconnects, shockers, and paradoxes is not quite the whole answer: that Trump won in the greatest political comeback in U.S. history, that he might well be a Reaganesque president to Biden’s Carter, that his success will be his revenge and reveal to the country just how […]
VDH UltraJanuary 20—Novus ordo seclorum? Part One
Victor Davis Hanson How do we explain that the world is turning upside down after November 5, 2024, and will continue following January 20, 2025? Symptoms? Take the media? The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and others suddenly did not endorse their usual left/Democratic presidential candidate this election. So, many of their writers are […]
Biden: The Biden Way and Way Out
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the final actions of Biden — and those of his Left enablers — as he leaves office, the end of the Obama era, MLK Jr.’s inspirational speech and the Black national caucus.
Biden’s So-Called ‘Oligarchs’
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In his last address, Joe Biden offered a Parthian shot at “oligarchs” and the dangers these “billionaires” pose to the republic. At the same time, left-wing senators hammered Trump cabinet nominees on the grounds that they would be too complacent in the face of a supposed takeover of the country […]
National Security and the Deep State: VDH Interviews Adam Lovinger
Listen into the Saturday edition as Victor Davis Hanson interviews Adam Lovinger, the Vice President of Strategic Affairs at the Gold Institute for International Strategy. He reveals the Orwellian situation under the Obama-Biden administration when it came to Iran, national security, and lawfare, all subjects of his new book, The Insider Threat.