The Obamas Have Nothing to Complain About
Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc react to Michelle Obama’s book tour for her new book The Look, the passing of Dick Cheney, Hoplite warfare, the cartel crisis in Mexico, and more. 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,
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,
The World Woke Up
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or the status quo. The unthinkable has become the banal. Take illegal immigration—remember the 10,000 daily illegal entries under Biden? Recall the only solution was supposedly “comprehensive immigration reform”—a euphemism for mass amnesties.
Zohran Mamdani, Hypocrite Extraordinaire
In this Friday news roundup VDH and Sami look at the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill, the hypocrisy of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Justice’s lawsuit against LA for its sanctuary city policies, and the fatwas issued against Donald Trump and Netanyahu. Share This
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
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
NATO Revived, Iranian Sleeper Cells, & the Berlin Blockade
In this weekend edition, Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc examine Trump’s polling and public support for military action, the Democratic Party internal divisions, Trump’s impact on NATO, the Berlin airlift of 1948-49, concerns over Iranian sleeper cells, and more. Share This
Iran Abandoned, and Blue Cities, Too
In this Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc look at where Iran stands with its ‘allies’, the continuing exodus from blue cities, and how to encourage reverse migration through self-deportation. Share This
In the End, Everyone Hated the Iranian Theocracy
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East. Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar—the last Parthian shot from a terrified regime, desperate for an out—and a ceasefire. Iran would have