VDH UltraZelensky Mistaken
Ultra Subscribers: This Friday’s ultra examines President Zelensky’s mistakes as he left the meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance. Share This
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VDH UltraUkraine Peace—So Far Away and Still So Close
Victor Davis Hanson After the recent dustup with Donald Trump and J.D. Vance in the White House, Volodymyr Zelenskyy should have taken a lesson from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Like Ukraine, Israel too is similarly in an existential war—in fact against four adversaries. And likewise, it is dependent on U.S. financial and military aid.
VDH UltraMissing Those Good Old Alternatives to Trump? Part Two
3) Pentagon. The military was declared not to be chronically short by 30-50,000 recruits each year—simply by readjusting the required manpower levels downward. Do we remember the monthly sound-off of a retired admiral or general (Mark Milley was the latest example) screaming that Trump was a “fascist,” and during the Trump presidency, that he was
VDH UltraNewsom Casts About in the Pod World
Good morning Ultra Subscribers. Victor talks about the debacle we all know as Newsom and his new podcast that draws him from the responsibilities as governor. What is the source of California’s decline? Join this seven-minute video. Subscribe here if you haven’t already joined the Blade of Perseus. Share This
VDH UltraMissing Those Good Old Alternatives to Trump? Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Given the leftwing hysterical responses to all of Trump’s thirty-day-old initiatives, let us remember what just a few months ago were the alternatives. 1) War. The Biden non-strategy for the Ukraine war was to provide enough aid for Ukraine to continue, but not enough to win and incite nuclear Russia. There was
VDH UltraUkrainian Bitter Realities and Visions of a Peace Deal? Part Three
6) Why did Putin go into Ukraine in 2014 and 2022? We have mentioned the role of the Obama hot-mic appeasement and Putin’s later invasion. We still do not know the U.S. role in the Ukrainian street violence of 2014 that drove out the pro-Russian but legitimately elected President Viktor Yanukovych. Nor do we know
VDH UltraDemocratic Strategy
Ultra subscribers are invited to join Victor Davis Hanson this Friday for discussion about the strategy of the Democrats. Share This
VDH UltraUkrainian Bitter Realities and Visions of Peace? Part Two
3) A War to the Last Ukrainian? The U.S. political dynamics of war and peace have been utterly reversed. Supposedly hawkish and bloodthirsty Republicans have never supported the leftwing desire to bleed out Russia by fighting it to the last Ukrainian. Joe Biden rarely if ever deplored the horrific carnage on both sides. Donald Trump
VDH UltraUkrainian Bitter Realities and Visions of a Peace Deal? Part One
Victor Davis Hanson There are lots of hysterias, lies, and untruths about the Ukrainian envisioned “peace” and “settlement.” Here are a few: 1) The Donbas and Crimea misinformation. It was never the policy of the Obama administration—during which its foolish Russian “reset” blew up when Putin invaded the Donbas and Crimea—to retake either Crimea or
VDH UltraDOGE Is Not a Constitutional Crisis
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson talk about the Left’s accusations that Trump’s DOGE is not unconstitutional. Transcript of “DOGE Is Not a Constitutional Crisis” for Ultra Subscribers Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for our Ultra Friday show. There’s been a hysterical response from the left as usual about Donald Trump’s DOGE activities, and I’d