Donald Trump

Who Are the Real Kings?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness So-called King, Donald Trump, ran in two contested Republican primaries. He ran three times in a general election. He was elected twice, and his party recently won a Republican Congress. In contrast, in 2020, Joe Biden did not run a typical campaign. He avoided the public, staying ensconced in his […]

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Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Is Way Out of Her Depth’

Victor and Jack discuss how a recent Supreme Court oral argument reminds us just how “out of her depth” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson truly is, the true “brilliance” behind Sen. John Fetterman’s PR strategy, and why is the Left now trying to “cancel” Taylor Swift. Share This

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How Biden and Obama Failed in the Middle East

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The short answer to why both the Biden and Obama administrations failed to achieve peace in the Middle East is that they took actions opposite to Trump’s current efforts, which have led to a ceasefire. First, consider Iran. Iran was flush with cash, on a trajectory toward a nuclear weapon,

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The Pieces of Trump’s Peace

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness What did Donald Trump do differently to obtain at least temporary calm in the Middle East compared to the failed efforts of past administrations, foreign powers, and the United Nations? Let us count ten different approaches. Trump curtailed a considerable amount of Iranian oil income and its dispersal. He stopped,

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Reactionary, Neo-Confederate Portland

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In blue cities across America—Portland, Oregon, especially—often violent protesters now seek to surround ICE facilities to stop federal officers from fulfilling their assigned and legal duties of arresting illegal aliens. Some 10 million or more illegal aliens were allowed to enter the U.S. during the Biden years—illegally and thus without

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From the League of Nations to the United Nations to Trump Global?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Historians traditionally blame the failure of the League of Nations—the post-World War I, Versailles-era dream of President Woodrow Wilson—on many things. Its membership was small (58 nations). The League’s utopian rhetoric lacked commensurate force. The postwar ascendant United States refused to join. The winners of World War I, like France

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Barack and Hillary, Singing the Same Old Song

In this episode VDH and Jack comment on recent remarks by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton regarding ‘old white Christian men’, the question of birthright citizenship, California’s Proposition 50 on redistricting, and more. Share This

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The UN’s True Colors: A Tale of Two Leaders

In this episode Victor and Jack discuss military leadership during the Trump Administration, delegates walking out on Netanyahu’s speech at the UN, the double standards in global politics, Comey’s indictment and the FBI’s role in the January 6th events, and more. Share This

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