VDH UltraA Few of Trump’s Controversial Cabinet and Agency Picks—Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Tulsi Gabbard/Director of National Intelligence Here in no special order are a few of Trump’s most controversial appointments for high cabinet positions. Let’s start with Tulsi Gabbard, but with a warning: for each appointment, I will try to determine the existing bar for such a selection as established by either Barack Obama […]
A Liberating Time to Be Alive
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to discuss North Korean troops and Ukraine’s strategy, cabinet nominations Stefanik, Burgum and Gaetz, featuring the UN charade, the media facing a major political realignment, and Obama’s 4th term subverted.
Can Trump End Ukraine’s ‘Endless War?’
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Trump was elected in part on promises to avoid “endless wars” of the sort that cost American blood and treasure in Afghanistan and Iraq but without resulting in strategic advantage or civilized calm. Yet as a Jacksonian, Trump also restored American deterrence through punitive strikes against ISIS and terrorist thugs […]
WWII Peripheral Wars and Post-Election Shake Up
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson’s weekend episode with cohost Sami Winc. VDH talks about the peripheral wars in WWII, the shake up at the LA Times, the Left clinging to “mass” rhetoric on deportations, Gen. Austin on “lawful” orders, the Daniel Penny trial, and Melania Trump coming into her own.
VDH UltraHow the Republican David Beat the Democrat Goliath. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Money Harris and her PACs supposedly outraised their Trump counterparts by about $1 billion and spent that huge sum in little over 100 days. Would that not ensure Trump was crushed under a landslide of ads and commercials? Not necessarily. What if the commercials for Harris were both more costly and worse? […]
Trump’s Future Cabinet and the Woes and Throws of Harris’ Campaign
Join the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: Trump’s nomination picks, a new Senate majority leader, 15 million less votes counted, Harris’s campaign finance woes, the fight among Israel’s leadership, FEMA withholding support to Trump supporters, and no one is really shocked that Harris lost.
Restoring Deterrence Will Prevent Endless Wars
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness On January 3, 2020, the Trump administration conducted a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport, killing Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani had a long record of waging surrogate wars against Americans, especially during the Iraq conflict and its aftermath. After the Trump cancellation of the Iran Deal, followed by […]
Republican Loyalists, Democrat Spendthrifts
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump’s political picks, how 95% of Republicans loyal to Trump, Trump’s anti-establishment rhetoric welcomed by the people, McConnell refusing to help Republican candidates, the strange lucidity of Biden’s recent speech, Sotomayor losing favor with the Democrats, Harris campaign paying celebrities, the Left clinging to […]
VDH UltraHow the Republican David Beat the Democrat Goliath. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Media Yes, the Left controls the Media. But the times they are changing. The biased news network triad of ABC, NBC, and CBS, along with PBS and the cable MSNBC, CNN, and CNBC news channels, may garner over 20 million nightly network viewers. Their anchors may be higher paid and more prestigious […]
VDH UltraWho on the Left Was Privately Delighted by the Harris Defeat? Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Hillary Clinton. Prior to Kamala, Hillary was accused of running a singularly lousy and failed 2016 campaign as the nation’s first would-be shoo-in female president. Her effort was inept, marred by corruption and arrogance, and she was acknowledged to have blown an easy victory. Hillary resented deeply the idea that the upstart […]
The Restoration: The First Order of Business for the Trump Administration
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the ways 2024 echoed 1865, dealing with military leaders who hope to thwart Trump’s administration, dealing with deporting illegal immigrants, cleaning up the Left’s messes in our cities and states, Newsom’s schizophrenic positions on policy, how Gavin wants to preserve that great destruction of California, […]
The Fault, Dear Democrats, Is in Yourselves
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness “Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.” – Often attributed to Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand The Democratic election postmortem immediately descended into public blame-gaming — […]
The Political Blame Game and Allied WWII Air Campaign Against Germany
On this episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc as they discuss the current political blame game and its implications. They also explore the often-overlooked two-year air campaign by the United States and Britain against Germany during World War II, shedding light on its significance and outcomes.
The Three Historians: Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson, and Andrew Roberts | Uncommon Knowledge
On Winston Churchill’s role in World War II, the false premise of the 1619 Project, the Cold War, World War II, and the role of historians in public life.
Election 2024 – Why Trump Won | Victor Davis Hanson
VDH joins John Anderson after President-elect Trump’s victory to explore why his direct style resonated with middle America.
VDH UltraWho on the Left Was Privately Delighted by the Harris Defeat? Part One
Víctor Davis Hanson The Bidens (of course). Dr. Jill had never forgiven Kamala Harris for smearing her husband on the 2019 Democratic primary debate stage as a racist. Jill suspected that Kamala was aware of or complicit in the Obama/Pelosi/Schumer/Jeffries machinations to dispose of Joe in July 2024. As a result, Jill now enjoys the […]
Harris Exit and Campaign Blame Game
Listen in to the post-campaign debrief by Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: Harris’s concession speech, say goodbye to some celebrities, who’s celebrating Harris’s loss, Senatorial races and GOP in the House, and rethinking campaign strategy.
Harris Was Always Doomed
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The presidential race was not unpredictable, as the now once again discredited polls swore to us. Instead, the great Trump comeback victory was clear by the last weeks of the campaign. The Republicans had made massive gains in voter registrations since 2020, when Trump had lost the Electoral College by only a […]
Post-Election Analysis: the Rewards of Authenticity and Hard Work
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to analyze the Nov. 5 election: Trump wins, the people fed up, the end of the end of never-Trumpers, the polls lie, Left dividing and divided, Harris never had momentum, poor choices of the Biden-Harris admin, the Left went radical, VP picks matter, and what will the […]
VDH UltraFrom an Angry Reader and Not Angry Reader:
From my leftist point of view, you just look like a dumb, racist old man…babbling on about mixed-race kids, whites this, whites that. You are such a stupid, shitty human. Love, Adam Jacobs Amerikkkan leftist Dear Angry Reader Adam Jacobs, Well, given as you say from your “leftist point of view,” I take that as […]