Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Pardoner-in-Chief Joe Biden has now established two precedents in presidential history. First, he “pardoned” his own son Hunter. No prior president has ever tried that shameless act, which is an affront to the entire hallowed notion of “equality under the law.”. Second, he did so in a way that no… Continue reading Biden’s Paranoid Pardons and Leftist Morality
What the Trump Nominees Have Not Done—And Will Not Do
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Deflated by the resounding November defeat, the left now believes it can magically rebound by destroying Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. Many of Trump’s picks are well outside the usual Washington, DC/New York political, media, and corporate nexus. But that is precisely the point—to insert reformers into a bloated, incompetent, and… Continue reading What the Trump Nominees Have Not Done—And Will Not Do
Yes, Mexico Knows Exactly What It Is Doing
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness President-elect Donald Trump recently had a “talk” with newly elected Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum about the millions who have crossed through Mexico to enter the U.S. illegally. Afterwards, Trump reported that their conversation went well, and supposedly both had agreed to secure the U.S. border. But given long-standing, de facto… Continue reading Yes, Mexico Knows Exactly What It Is Doing
Universities Have a 2025 Rendezvous With Reality
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Universities have suffered a cataclysmic decline in public approval and support. A Gallup poll taken this year found that only 36 percent of Americans polled either expressed “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education—once the agreed-on touchstone to upward mobility. Gifting to most universities has been… Continue reading Universities Have a 2025 Rendezvous With Reality
The Immorality of Illegal Immigration
Donald Trump will not be president for almost another two months. Yet Democrat politicians, both federal and local, vie to be the most strident in denouncing his plans to begin deporting millions of foreign nationals who, over the last four years, have entered the U.S. illegally. Trump pledges to focus initially only on the 400,000… Continue reading The Immorality of Illegal Immigration
The Trump Counterrevolution Is a Return to Sanity
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness We are witnessing a historic counterrevolution after Trump’s victory, far different from his first election in 2016. The orthodox and the supposed scripted future are now suspect. And they are likely to be dethroned—from the trivial to the existential. Critics claim Trump has no mandate to stage such a counterrevolution.… Continue reading The Trump Counterrevolution Is a Return to Sanity
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… Continue reading Can Trump End Ukraine’s ‘Endless War?’
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… Continue reading Restoring Deterrence Will Prevent Endless Wars
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 —… Continue reading The Fault, Dear Democrats, Is in Yourselves
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… Continue reading Harris Was Always Doomed