Why attack Iran? Why reaffirm America’s dominance in Panama? Why capture Nicolás Maduro?
President Donald Trump has scores to settle. There’s a general pattern in the preemptive actions President Trump’s taken in both his terms in office. A central theme to all his actions is that they’re geostrategic and top-down, explains Victor Davis Hanson on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“Pressuring the Panamanians to divorce themselves from China. Making sure the Venezuelan oil does not go to Russia or China by changing the government and capturing Maduro. Things like that suggest that the current Iranian operation has targeted China. … You’re starting to see a pattern. These are wars of reckoning.”
Economic booms are usually defined by “greater productivity,” increased foreign investment, “reasonable” interest rates, “energy production,” and “plentiful deregulation and tax cuts.”
But will any of this happen in 2026? Hanson predicts we’ll “see an economic bonanza” in 2026 as “there’s going to be more oil,” “ new technologies,” and “all sorts of tax cuts” and “more deregulation than we’ve ever seen” in the Big Beautiful Bill on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“ Add it all up: We’ve had an unexpectedly—unexpectedly, unexpectedly—good third quarter. I imagine the fourth quarter might be just as good if it were not for the government shutdown—the longest in history—that occurred in the fourth quarter, but we’ll see. But more importantly: More foreign investment, more tax cuts, more deregulation, more energy development, lower interest, and I think you’re gonna see an economic bonanza.”
How has the Left’s narrative surrounding January 6th 2021 begun to crack?
On this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words,” Hanson explains how branding January 6 an “insurrection” drove impeachment efforts, investigations and years of specifically framed media coverage. He also examines the arrest and confession of Brian Cole Jr., the alleged January 6 pipe bomber, and why the delayed investigation and lingering questions surrounding his background cast doubt on many of the conclusions Americans were first told to accept.
“ We never got the honest story. So, that begs the question, why? Why didn’t they just come out and say, “Here’s all the information”? And the reason is, they wanted to cement a narrative in everybody’s mind that a reckless demonstration that turned into a riot was a pre-planned insurrection by Donald Trump, who ordered it, and therefore, should forfeit his political career, and he should never be allowed to run for office.”
Artificial intelligence is being used to steal voices, faces, and reputations. Victor Davis Hanson knows this firsthand.
Hanson explains the growing problem of AI-generated deepfake videos that falsely use his image, voice, and setting to promote ideas he has never expressed and often strongly disagrees with. He breaks down this dishonest and unethical practice and why it’s harmful to public discourse on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
It’s common knowledge that good performance in midterm elections hinges on one key issue: the economy. The Left knows this, and it knows that Trump’s economy is not only doing better than last year at this time during the Biden administration, but it’s doing better than any time in history.
Victor Davis Hanson explains the strategy behind the Democrats’ attempt to distract Americans from booming growth before the 2026 midterms on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“The economy is going to boom in 2026 and the Left knows that. So, what is their strategy? Don’t talk about the Trump economy. And we’ve seen what? Go after Tesla. Firebomb Tesla dealerships. Drive Tesla off, automobiles off the road because Elon Musk was the prince of darkness and he was involved in DOGE. Demonize DOGE. Go after ICE. Have street theater. Have riots. Call them Gestapo. Say they’re worse than Hitler. Go after the National Guard that has cleaned up Washington, D.C. Encourage massive resistance. Call it illegal. Shut down the government.”
Why are so many pundits and members of the press in Washington D.C. suddenly so silent about President Donald Trump? Are they afraid of him? Or are they afraid they have miscalculated and misread the public?
Victor Davis Hanson addresses the changing perceptions and offers his assessments about where the new battlelines are forming. He says, “Most people don’t realize what’s about to happen.” Here’s more from Hanson on Liberal Focus.
The Democrat Party is no longer the centrist institution of the past, and because of that, the midterms will be unlike any in recent memory. Donald Trump’s path to victory for the GOP in 2026 is clear: Sustain a growing economy while facing opposition determined to stall it.
Victor Davis Hanson explains how the Left’s strategy seeks to slow momentum before voters can see the full recovery and what steps the Trump administration needs to take to fight back on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
“ Donald Trump is in a race to get the message out that the economy is much better than the Biden economy. It’s going to get much better,” Hanson says. “And don’t believe the media because the media, like the Democratic shutdown, like the Federal Reserve, this artificial efforts to keep interest rates high are politically motivated. But if everything works out the way that he had planned and he does the right thing, right around midterm time, the economy’s gonna take off.”
Across the country, a new confederacy is rising—built not on states’ rights, but on resistance to federal immigration law.
As cities like Portland, Los Angeles and Chicago openly defy federal immigration laws, Victor Davis Hanson argues we’re seeing the rise of a “neo-Confederate secessionist ideology” where local officials act as if they’re above the law on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
“Sometimes it’s sponsored or encouraged by the Democratic Party: Gavin Newsom in California, our governor, or Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, openly calling for resistance, or Gov. Pritzker of Chicago.
“What’s really disturbing is we’re starting to see a new—I would call it—a neo-Confederate successionist ideology in these cities. In these blue cities, the officials who run them, the mayors or the police chiefs, believe they are a law unto themselves. In other words, within the confines of Chicago or within the confines of Portland, they can nullify all federal laws, just in the way that South Carolina said it could on the eve of the Civil War: The Union does not apply to us. We are morally superior.”
Stephen Gardner and RET. Col Daniel Davis go deep into the Charlie Kirk investigation gaps. The FBI is holding back lots of video, photos, cell phone data, forensic analysis, ballistic report, autopsy report and more. Are they safeguarding evidence for the trial of Tyler Robinson, or just stonewalling and lying, as the agency has done repeatedly over the year.
The biggest gap is the gun. It’s highly likely the bullet fired did not come from a .30 06 Mauser rifle or it would have blown a huge hole out of the side of Kirk’s neck. Questions remain as well about the shooter, the firing location and the diversions in the aftermath of the blast. Here’s more from Daniel Davis’ show Deep Dive.
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, there have been more than 75,000 requests for new Turning Point USA chapters and many conservative commentators have written about his legacy and achievements. But what hasn’t been remarked about enough is, “What was the essence of his appeal to young voters?” asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
The answer? Charlie Kirk understood that young people, by their very nature, are rebellious. He wanted to take their natural skepticism and point it toward the establishment, which, today, is composed of the corporate media, higher ed, and baby boomers who never got over the 1960s and ’70s.
“So what was the secret to his success? I think what he did was quite brilliant. He understood that young people are, by nature, rebellious. They always, as—you’re full of energy. They’re full of hormones. They’re full of ideas. They haven’t lived a long time. And they question authority. That’s innate to all of us at that age,” says Hanson.
