Mr. Hanson,<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0As a registered Republican, I am disgusted with the behavior of President Trump and always surprised with the support he receives from people who appear to be well educated knowledgeable, and intelligent.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0I would give your written opinion more credit if you did not position yourself so far to the Republican right. Certainly every president inherits the responsibility to address the current problems of the United States and world politics and it\u2019s effects on the US. One of Obama\u2019s first, was the financial crisis caused by wide spread banking fraud allowed by Pres. Bush. When the American sailors were taken into custody by Iran, they had trespassed (lost or not) into Iranian waters, and diplomatic efforts, under Obama\u00a0resulted in their release. Obama was an eloquent speaker and displayed strong family values, something the Republican party use to tout as very important but now with Trump fathering children from three different women and\u00a0bragging about sexually grouping women at the age of 59 years old, the Republican\u2019s stay quiet on this character flaw. Russian and China may have launched cyberattacks on us, however Trump cheered Russian on, to continue those attacks during his election.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0My hope is our government has enough protections in place, so that we can control Trump\u2019s \u201ckneejerk,\u201d and \u201cloud mouth,\u201d twitter reactions to avoid an unnecessary war and if war is required, we are in the best position to win that war.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Nina Jacobs<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dear Angry Reader Nina Jacobs,<\/p>\n Where to begin?<\/p>\n The \u201cbanking fraud\u201d of 2008 was caused by lax standards, mandated during Clinton-era \u201creforms\u201d at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which led to vast sums loaned for subprime mortgages to unqualified buyers\u2014a result also of Wall Street\/banking greed, Clinton appointees enriching themselves, and identity\/progressive politics.<\/p>\n American sailors were taken on the high seas. They were videoed, humiliated, and manhandled because the Iranian government wished to remind the world that the Obama administration, in search of a legacy, would put up with almost any humiliation to achieve a deal. Do you really believe they would try the same thing today?<\/p>\n Yes, Obama was mellifluent, but he was often clueless (he could not pronounce corpsmen, thought the Maldives were the PC name for the Falklands, and often as a candidate and as president resorted to tribal provocations (\u201cget in their faces,\u201d \u201ctake a gun to a knife fight,\u201d \u201cpunish our enemies,\u201d \u201ctypical white person,\u201d \u201cclingers,\u201d etc.). He could be as crude as Trump, though refined his crudity with a more sober and judicious veneer.<\/p>\n Trump is a flawed individual, but he is hardly the near-sadistic womanizer as was JFK. Nor has he used coercion to force himself on women as did Bill Clinton on numerous occasions\u2014still a feminist hero. I did read in the autobiographical Dreams From My Father<\/em>\u00a0and from other biographies, how Barack Obama habitually used \u201cblow\u201d and decided at one point not to date \u201cwhite\u201d women any longer. You are familiar with the racist, anti-Semitic, and crude career of his personal pastor of two decades, the right Rev. Wright. Duces sunt homines, non di<\/em>.<\/p>\n So I conclude that many of our presidents and presidential candidates (cf. Gore was the alleged \u201csex poodle,\u201d or so accused by a purported victim of his sexual aggression) were often problematic. The most sterling of candidates was probably Mitt Romney, a fine and decent man who was nevertheless reduced by the Left in 2012 to a sexist, racist, vulture capitalist.<\/p>\n I make a small prediction, Ms. Jacobs: When the present lengthy review is finished, the story will not be Trump\u2019s purported collusion with Vladimir Putin, but rather the lengths to which the Obama administration went to reverse-target political opponents and to leak monitored conversations illegally to the public\u2014an Obama administration trait of abusing constitutional rights unfortunately not confined to Trump alone, but apparent earlier also with the Holder\/AP, Lois Lerner\/IRS, and Brennan\/Senate computer scandals.<\/p>\n Finally, the only thing riskier than restoring deterrence is losing it in the first place. We were headed for a war in 2016, precisely because Iran, Russia, North Korea, and China all believed that the U.S. was receding and that they would fill the void on the world stage, often in reckless fashion and in a manner threatening to our interests and allies.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Victor Davis Hanson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 04\/24\/17 From an Angry Reader: Mr. Hanson, \u00a0As a registered Republican, I am disgusted with the behavior of President Trump and always surprised with the support he receives from people who appear to be well educated knowledgeable, and intelligent. \u00a0I would give your written opinion more credit if you did not position yourself so far […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-2Db","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9671,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/9671-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":10117,"position":0},"title":"From an Angry Reader: Re:\u2026","author":"Megan Ring","date":"December 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"From an Angry Reader: Re: Obama's initiatives What a horrible president and yet, 57% approval rating! Wow! How is that possible! I think he did quite well considering that Republicans vowed on the first day not to work with him and never did! \u00a0Connie Knapp Victor Davis Hanson's Reply: Dear\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Angry Reader"","block_context":{"text":"Angry Reader","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/angry-reader\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":188,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":10117,"position":1},"title":"Angry Reader #4","author":"victorhanson","date":"December 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers Angry Reader #4 wrote: You know, I remember, before Pajamas media, when I respected some of the writers that are now here (such as VDH) \u2014 but they\u2019ve all turned into crazy cranks. This little virtual world they\u2019ve built themselves is bad for their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Angry Reader"","block_context":{"text":"Angry Reader","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/angry-reader\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10126,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/10126-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":10117,"position":2},"title":"From an Angry Reader: Dear\u2026","author":"victorhanson","date":"April 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"From an Angry Reader: Dear Continually Angry Reader Steve Faddy Hey Vic, I understand you are a historian, but please write a timely piece, maybe touching on the brilliant incoherence of the foreign policy of the Mad King Don. Obama is no longer the President. Write something relevant to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Angry Reader"","block_context":{"text":"Angry Reader","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/angry-reader\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10841,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/10841-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":10117,"position":3},"title":"From An Angry Reader: Dear\u2026","author":"victorhanson","date":"December 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry Reader: Dear Mr. Hanson, I just finished your article about Trump\u2019s tweets and it has moved me to ask a question. I was wondering if quite possibly, you\u2019ve lost your mind? You write as if his tweets are harmless and of no consequence when they have caused\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Angry Reader"","block_context":{"text":"Angry Reader","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/angry-reader\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12220,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-02-28-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":10117,"position":4},"title":"Angry Reader 02-28-20","author":"victorhanson","date":"February 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry Reader: Subject: Gray Matter Your articles are so offensively lacking in context, thoughtfulness, and reflection on history--basically simpleminded attack ads-- that I am going to erase the National Review\u2019s bookmark from my browser. And there is no case for Trump any more than there was a case\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6675,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":10117,"position":5},"title":"Angry Reader #10","author":"victorhanson","date":"October 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Angry Reader: We Americans are much better informed these days, and while your numbers\u00a0may be accurate, you failed miserably to account for inflation and any\u00a0increase in the gdp. I can only surmise that you disincluded this\u00a0information in order to skew the numbers to your advantage.We call this\u00a0lying. 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