Victor Davis Hanson
Articles and commentary from historian Victor Davis Hanson on politics, culture, foreign policy, and the issues shaping America and the world.
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Debunking the Left’s Series of Lies Following Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’re now approaching the first week of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. And the Left has… -
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Charlie Kirk’s Bold Mission to Rescue a Lost Generation
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to comment on the legacy of the late Charlie Kirk and why he is… -
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Silencing Dissent: The Chilling Implications of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Tragically, Charlie Kirk, a friend of all of ours, was shot and killed in Utah. This… -
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The ‘4 Horsemen of the Western Civilization Apocalypse’ Have Arrived
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Europe is in a turmoil. The government of France fell in the sense that the prime… -
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Trump Must Protect His Wins Before the Midterms. Here’s How.
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’ve been a big supporter—as all of you have, in most cases—of what we’ve seen the… -
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From Enemies to Allies? Trump’s Quid Pro Quo With Silicon Valley
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. President Donald Trump, this past week, has had a number of Big Tech CEOs and corporate… -
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Why the Kennedys Really Turned on RFK Jr.
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Bobby Kennedy, the secretary of health and human services, testified in Congress last week. And he… -
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Woke Agenda Backfires in Britain
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Britain per capita is experiencing the problem that we had—similar to the problem we had under… -
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World War II a ‘Brilliant Work of American Strategy, Productivity, Courage, and Sacrifice’Â
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I had a recent podcast that I hope you all enjoyed about the new revisionism of… -
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Democrat Leaders Refuse to Tell the Truth About Minnesota Catholic School Shooting
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. There’s been another shooting, mass shooting, this time in Minneapolis at Annunciation, a private Catholic school…. -
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Trump Doesn’t Need to Stage a Coup in Iran, Just Give It Time
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. There is going to be an eruption in Iran, I think, maybe within a year or… -
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Victor Davis Hanson Talks About Why Democrats’ Chaos Strategy Will Backfire
Victor Davis Hanson appeared on “The Tony Kinnett Cast” to discuss Democrats, the 2022 election, and more. Watch the interview above or read a transcript, lightly edited for length and clarity. Tony Kinnett: With all of the burning fires, chaos, and shenanigans—and of course, I’m only talking about Minneapolis with the [Democratic National Committee] right… -
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With No Assimilation, Migrants Threaten Europe
Almost weekly in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, and Germany, a sensational assault committed by an illegal migrant—often enjoying some sort of state support or with prior arrests for the same crime—surfaces.Until recently, European politicians and the media sought to either ignore such news or accuse those who clamored for tighter borders, more police… -
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WWII Revisionist Went Too Far With ‘We Should’ve Sided With Hitler’ Claim
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Recently, there’s been more revision about World War II. Tucker Carlson had on his show the… -
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The Collapse of Europe’s Socialist Experiment
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’re hearing a lot about Europe in the news, primarily because of the Ukraine-Russian war and… -
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How Left-Wing Ideology Fuels Crime and Chaos
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Recently, there’s been almost an epidemic of left-wing hysteria about violence, murder, and people who commit… -
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Why America’s Natural Ally, India, Is Pulling Closer to Russia and China
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’re currently in a little rough patch with India. Narendra Modi, who’s been the prime minister… -
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Trump, Bolton, and the FBI Raid Details the Media Isn’t Telling You
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Last week, the FBI—under the aegis of the Department of Justice—raided John Bolton, the former national… -
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Joy Reid and the Rise of Open Racism From the Left
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’ve talked about the challenges to big multiracial democracies like the United States, India, and Brazil…. -
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What Is the Democrat Alternative to Trump?
The Pavlovian Left goes berserk at the mere prospect of each new Trump initiative. Its escalating reactive venom and hysteria are calibrated to the success of President Donald Trump’s latest policy. Yet the new hard-left Democratic Party offers no counter-agenda to explain its furor. Still less do Democrats attempt bipartisan efforts to craft shared legislation….