In this Thanksgiving episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the International Criminal Court’s unwarranted arrest warrant for Netanyahu, coming troubles in Mexico, anti-Semitism in Europe, the case for Trump revisited, MSNBC addresses the cultural shift, the legacy of William F. Buckley, and things to appreciate on Thanksgiving.
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I was a pen friend of Bill Buckley for about 40 years. First met him when I was in graduate school in New York City. He did write a scathing review of Donald Trump’s character. I’m not sure he would have supported Trump in 2016 mainly because Trump roundly trashed the major conservative politicians and thinkers who didn’t support him. His “nicknames” for Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz belittled them and their conservatism. Neither of them has fully recovered. They didn’t deserve that. Supporting and developing conservative thinkers and politicians was a huge part of everything that Bill Buckley did. However, after seeing that Trump did a reasonably good job on major conservative issues, I think he would have supported Trump in the last election and this one. This past election really did seem to be the most important election in one’s lifetime given how the Democrats ran off the cliff on basic morality. Stopping them from taking the whole country with them is certainly a major gift to our nation. But, it is sad that President Trump is such a unique personality that he has wounded more conservative politicians than he has inspired. Dr. Hanson, you are one of the few today who is communicating a clear conservative vision without ill will. I thank God for you.
l’m one of the ‘National Review’ dropouts. I was a long-time subscriber, but stopped years ago. ‘Don’t recall when or if it had anything to do with Trump, but whenever it was, ‘National Review’ diverged from my views of the world. (I’ve been a Trumper since he came down the escalator and announced what he intended to do if elected.)
Dylan Mulvaney
Excellent, excellent summary of the greatest political comeback in the history of our country for the past 100 years. It was basically Trump against everybody. Nice job, Victor.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I am grateful for your sanity, clarity and excellent humour…
and for your dedication to your “constituents” but none of us are really entitled to your time to the extent of a manuscript review… unless it interests you too…
thank you for your love for Israel… we don’t take it for granted…
Professor Hanson, you’re always on target.
If President Trump were a beloved person, than ihe would be clearly the wrong choice. His near death episode is the stuff of legends. It’s the stuff of movies, like THE GODFATHER.
Trump like all great Presidents will have his ups and even a few downs.
But his gift to America will be a chance to crush the left and remove its evil cloak.
Roy Cohen would be proud. Takes a bit of the devil to create good.