{"id":12725,"date":"2020-11-17T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=12725"},"modified":"2020-11-16T19:42:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T03:42:29","slug":"victor-davis-hanson-on-the-us-election-2020-trumps-prospects-american-thought-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/victor-davis-hanson-on-the-us-election-2020-trumps-prospects-american-thought-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Davis Hanson on the US Election 2020 &#038; Trump\u2019s Prospects | American Thought Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5GKQ50gNNBk\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-3jf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11612,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/trumps-re-election-chances-may-be-better-than-you-think\/","url_meta":{"origin":12725,"position":0},"title":"Trump\u2019s Re-Election Chances May Be Better Than You Think","author":"victorhanson","date":"January 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ American Greatness What are Donald Trump\u2019s chances for re-election in 2020? 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