Victor Davis Hanson Why we Americans support Israel is in the news recently—as in debates among the Right over its wisdom and propriety. There is a growing, anti-Israel wing of the Republican Party—ranging from neo-isolationists Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Steve Bannon, and Marjorie Taylor Greene to the extreme anti-Semitic, pro-Nazi fringe emblemized by Nick Fuentes […]
Victor Davis Hanson There was a third catalyst that prompted the dramatic emergence of Nick Fuentes and the Groypers. And that was the realization by such adroit demagogues that an entire generation born in the decades around the millennium had become embittered, frustrated, and increasingly prone to find cosmic culprits for their own vanishing American
Victor Davis Hanson It is not at all clear that Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Steve Bannon, or Marjorie Taylor Greene have much, if any, influence on the Jacksonian foreign policy of Donald Trump, which seeks to achieve and maintain deterrence by opportunistically striking at perceived threats to the U.S. without ensuring “forever wars” abroad. Trump’s
Victor Davis Hanson Why suddenly in 2025 has a newer farther right, often overtly anti-Semitic cadre, appeared—as an “alternative,” well beyond the old populist “alternative right” of a past Pat Buchanan, Ron Paul, or the Tea Party? Obvious answer: It did not “suddenly” appear. But more correctly, the “Groyper” movement was growing insidiously for years
Victor Davis Hanson Finally, unlike the Biden revenge tour, the Trump prosecutions will earn mostly negative press. The media is for the most part left-wing. It has never apologized for spreading the collusion hoax, popularizing the laptop ruse, smothering the collaboration of the FBI and social media corporations to silence 2020 campaign-cycle news accounts unfavorable
Victor Davis Hanson Another consideration: which is the greater political sin: enforcing the law against an admittedly political enemy, or suspending law enforcement on behalf of a culpable political friend or ally? Translated: why did the Biden administration drop a developing and likely strong DOJ case against John Bolton once he was determined to ignore
Victor Davis Hanson The opposition to President Trump from both the Left and the vestigial Never Trump Right has mostly lost the policy debate. The American people support Trump’s success at border security, energy development, the economy, military recruitment, trade agreements, massive foreign investment, and spectacular foreign policy deals and ceasefires. The Left has offered
Victor Davis Hanson In the last two years, I have had two medical emergencies—a complete, strange anaphylactic shock due to a routine bee sting (the fourth or fifth sting that spring that had caused no problems) and pneumonia. And so twice I have gone to a local ER. On both occasions, I was about the
Victor Davis Hanson Why is California so dysfunctional? It is not from want of state treasury money. Its highest tax bracket in the nation is 13.3 percent. It relies on only about 1 percent of the state’s households to pay nearly 50 percent of all state income tax revenue. But then again, California has more
Victor Davis Hanson Gavin Newsom is running for president. Yet, he is not broadcasting his qualifications by citing his history of eight years as Governor of California, eight years as Lieutenant Governor, his eight years as Mayor of San Francisco, and not his eight years on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Why? During these