Trump, Tariffs, Trade—and a Taboo?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness After only a hundred days, the Trump counterrevolution has made quite miraculous progress on the border, illegal immigration, cost-cutting, curbing the DEI/woke revolution, and a historic Ukrainian War settlement. The pushback to this multifront effort from the left has been formidable, if not hysterical. The greatest fury mostly centers around […]
A Prelude to World War II and Our Crazy Judicial World
Join the weekend edition with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they talk about events that led to World War II and some current trials for our system of justice: New Mexico justice banned for life, SCOTUS on LGBTQ+ literature, Minnesota DA lets off Tesla vandal, a task force on anti-Christian bias, banning […]
Earth Day, Immigration, and JD Vance
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for this week’s news: Earth Day, Abrego Garcia madness, Hegseth’s faceless critics, Elizabeth Warren, and JD Vance in the news and in India.
What Is Democratic Legality?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Since 2021, the left has waged a veritable war against the American legal system in a variety of ways. One serial target of Democrats and the Left has been the Supreme Court. In 2020, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke to an angry throng of pro-abortion protestors assembled at […]
No Majority, No Honesty: What the Left Lacks
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the polls on Trump’s agenda, the Left being unable to spell out an agenda, the media’s false claim of a violent right, Arizona governor Hobbes, California unaffordable and swamped by immigrants, Los Angeles post-fire and post-sanity, and Van Hollen in El Salvador.
Middle East, Diplomacy and the Worry of Higher Education
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to talk about Pope Francis who recently passed away, immigration and security of nations, Steve Witkoff and the Middle East-Ukraine arenas, illegal immigration brings with it insidious problems, Canada’s elections, Panama Canal’s future, AOC-Sander’s fan base and the 1960s, Blue Origin flight, and the Trump-Harvard stand-off.
Do Elite Universities Really Wish to Fight the Federal Government?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Harvard has refused to accept the orders of a Trump administration commission concerning its chronic problems with anti-Semitism, campus violence, and racial tribalism, bias, and segregation. Yet, unlike some conservative campuses that distrust an overbearing Washington, Harvard and most elite schools like it want it both ways. They do as they […]
Real Fascism of the 1930s and the Federal Reserve Trumped
Listen to the weekend edition with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc. Topics include a discussion of fascism in the 1930s, the polls on Trump’s approval, Trump goads Jerome Powell, Kristi Noem’s glam, Harvard and tax exemption, and nemesis touches partisan lawyers.
Gangbangers, Arsonists and Murderers: What’s Wrong With Democratic Icons
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the news of the week: Deported Salvadoran MS-13 member Garcia, Shapiro’s home set ablaze, Lorenz on Mangioni’s “moral goodness”, Letitia James investigated, Biden’s speech, Gretchen Whitmer hides her face, pro-Hamas protesters, and Bezos sends a rocket into space.
Will Harvard Go Full Hillsdale?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Harvard University has rejected various demands of a presidential commission on anti-Semitism. The task force wants to persuade Harvard to ensure Jewish students on its campus are no longer harassed, or else lose its federal funding. Harvard retorts that it won’t be bullied by Washington. Among its other requirements, the […]
The Lost Appeal: From Democratic Party to Their Representatives and Policies
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler make a deep dive into the issues plaguing the Democrats: CNN poll show alienated popular classes, agricultural labor is mechanized, Biden decline the biggest cover up since Watergate, James Clyburn and the Tammany Hall nomination, military resignations, DEI companies on language, Middle East donations to […]
Lawfare, China, and State Education
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler. They discuss gangs and immigration, admired cop killers, why to avoid basing financial decisions on politics and ideology, stock market logic, the US being allowed to deport Khalil, illegals on social services, and school officials influence on our children.
China Would Lose a ‘Trade War’ With the US—’Gradually, then Suddenly’
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness No one wants a “trade war” with China, or for that matter with any nation. Nonetheless, China has been waging one for years and is now locked in a tariff recalibration with the Trump administration. In this American effort to find trade parity and equity, China can do some short-term […]
1920s Idealistic Diplomacy, Cabinet Meetings, and Budget Bills
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about the global treaties made in the 1920s, tariff wars, Trump’s cabinet meeting, Scott Bessent, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and choices made by Kash Patel.
Trump Promises Come Through Despite Wall Street Ruckus
Join this week’s news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: China’s tariff war, Netanyahu talks to Trump, thoughts on Iran and Turkey, Elon claims Navarro a “sack of bricks,” data on undocumented from the IRS, Trump comes down hard on universities, Amy Coney Barrett, and “Silence Is Violence.”
Ten Tariff Questions Never Asked
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Trump’s So-Called “Trade War.” Many call the American effort to obtain either tariff parity or a reduction in the roughly $1 trillion trade deficit and fifty years of consecutive trade deficits “a trade war.” But then what do they call the policies of the past half-century by Europe, Asia, China, and others […]
Trump Will Win This Tariff War and Other Pressing News
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine the fallout from tariffs and “Black Monday”, the ruling on district judge Boasberg’s case against deportation, that 52% of the Left would be happy if Trump were assassinated, and how Obama’s brand is falling precipitously.
Tariffs, Taking the Knee, and Remedial Courses
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss tariffs and stock markets, DOGE’s recent work, female fencer refuses to fight trans, colleges need to remediate, Rubio on Europe funding NATO, Australia regulates beef, proxy vote for new parents in Congress, and many more Federal funds go to NPR and PBS than they let […]
VDH Interviews Michael Walsh on his Latest Book
Victor interviews essayist, historian, and journalist Michael Walsh on his just released second volume — A Rage to Conquer: Twelve Battles that Changed the Course of Western History — in his envisioned three-volume trilogy on the social, cultural, economic and political consequences of key battles of Western history. Join us for discussions on the status […]
The Poverty of the Criticism of Trump’s Agenda
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Two strange phenomena now characterize the political landscape. One, opposition to the Trump administration’s initiatives has reached a near-unprecedented fever pitch. The frenzy is manifested in strange ways. At the bottom end, there is an epidemic of street terrorism, including the keying of Teslas, bullying their owners, firebombing dealerships, or […]