{"id":11634,"date":"2019-01-31T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T19:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=11634"},"modified":"2019-01-31T11:38:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T19:38:19","slug":"much-has-changed-for-the-better-since-2016-not-that-trump-will-get-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/much-has-changed-for-the-better-since-2016-not-that-trump-will-get-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Much Has Changed for the Better Since 2016\u2014Not That Trump Will Get Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ American Greatness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news obsesses over the recent government shutdown, the latest Robert Mueller arrest and, of course, fake news\u2014from the BuzzFeed Michael Cohen non-story to the smears of the Covington Catholic High School students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But aside from the weekly hysterias, the world has dramatically changed since 2016 in ways we scarcely have appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea that China systematically rigged trade laws and engaged in technological espionage to run up huge deficits is no longer a Trump, or even a partisan, issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last two years, a mainstream consensus has grown that China poses a commercial and mercantile threat to world trade, to its neighbors and to the very security of the United States\u2014and requires a strong response, including temporary tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world did not fall apart after the U.S. pulled out of the flawed Iran nuclear deal. Most yawned when the U.S. left the symbolic but empty Paris Climate Accord. Ditto when the U.S. moved its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ American Greatness The news obsesses over the recent government shutdown, the latest Robert Mueller arrest and, of course, fake news\u2014from the BuzzFeed Michael Cohen non-story to the smears of the Covington Catholic High School students. 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