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What Made the Democratic Party Go Crazy?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The answer was not Trump alone. Indeed, irony abounds when Democrats resonate with the claims of the vestigial Never Trumpers that the MAGA movement “hijacked” the Republican Party. In characteristic projectionist fashion, the left is simply falsely attributing to their opposition the very hijacking that hit the Democratic Party. The […]

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Iran and China as Paper Tigers

Join Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler as they cover global perceptions of Iranian theocracy, assessing Iranian military effectiveness including during the Iraq-Iran War, the leadership of Xi Jinping, racial politics within the Democratic Party, and more. Share This

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The Colossus of Trump

In this episode of the Victor Davis Hanson Show, Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler discuss the current political landscape, focusing on the recent legislative developments, particularly the ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ the erosion of trust in experts and academia, Trump’s unique leadership style, the recent Supreme Court decisions, and more. Share This

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The Decline and Fall of Our So-Called Degreed Experts

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The first six months of the Trump administration have not been kind to the experts and the degree-holding classes. Almost daily during the tariff hysterias of March, we were told by university economists and most of the PhDs employed in investment and finance that the U.S. was headed toward a

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Trump Bombs Iran, While Obama Just Bombs

Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler discuss Trump neutralizing Iran’s nuclear threat, the unpredictability of Trump’s foreign policy, MAGA’s support for the strike, Obama’s pathetic posturing, Gavin Newsom as a mediocre failure, and more. Share This

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Riots, Musk-Trump, and the Guinea Pigs of California

Join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler for thoughts on the LA riots, Musk-Trump fallout, ICE raids, Newsom’s “this is cruel,” and the real cruelty in California, meaning 65-cents-per-gallon tax, liberal elite destroying the middle class, sub-standard schools, and doxing ICE agents. Share This

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California and Its Collapsing Blue-State Democrat Model

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness While the media and the new Democrat Party grow hysterical over the Trump counter-revolution, they are missing some of the most revolutionary and insidious changes in American society of the last century. Much has been written about the collapse of the old orthodox Democratic Party, along with the growing irrelevance

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Sovereignty and the Face of Deterrence

Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to talk about Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, US sovereignty, Harris-Biden admin and the sympathetic worldview, the necessity of deterrence, France pre-WWII, the unimpressive modern elite, GenZ lacking life skills, Israel and necessity, Gazans knew Hamas, and euthanasia in Canada. Share This

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Trump Diplomacy and California Energy Crisis

Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump’s surrogate administration holding court, Trump’s middle-class coalition, the end of diversity politics, Hegseth’s mom’s email, our penitent socialist class’s California-ugly policy, how the Left rendered catatonic by the election results, and things that worry VDH. Share This

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From ‘Clingers’ to ‘Garbage’—Why the 16 years of Vilification?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Who actually are the “garbage” people? Are they one and the same with Joe Biden’s “semi-fascists,” “chumps,” and “dregs of society?” Or Barack Obama’s “clingers?” Do they include Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” and “irredeemables?” Are they FBI grandee Peter Strzok’s Walmart shoppers who “smell?” Over the last decade-and-a-half, Barack Obama, Hillary

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