Trump’s Nixon ‘Madman’ Routine Pays off in Iran

Victor Davis Hanson and host Jack Fowler discuss President Trump’s profane Easter warning to Iran and frame it as a “Nixon madman” bad-cop/good-cop strategy involving JD Vance, while contrasting Trump’s decisive military rescue efforts with past administrations’ failures. They examine the California high-speed rail project as a costly “train to nowhere,” citing billions spent without laying track, eminent domain damage to farmland, and doubts about long-term profitability, alongside broader claims of massive fraud in California programs. The episode also covers reports of China-linked unauthorized bio labs in Nevada and California, arguing U.S. security and immigration enforcement are dangerously lax. They discuss paid, organized protest operations, student-loan nonpayment incentives, and Trump’s executive order to verify citizenship and strengthen federal election integrity, including voter rolls and mail-ballot safeguards.