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Victor Davis Hanson: America Faces a Radical New Political Reality
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’m speaking late on midterm night, and it looks like this blue wave materialized in the… -
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‘Everyone Knows Why We Lost’: Vance Blames Iran War for Blue Wave
Vice President JD Vance blamed the Iran war for 2026 Democrat victories Wednesday in a blunt post on X. “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night,” stated Vance, who, at this point, is the presumed front-runner for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination. “If you’d like to argue it… -
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Greenland Parliament Ratifies Security Deal Agreed With Trump
Summary COPENHAGEN, Nov. 3 (Reuters)—Greenland’s parliament on Tuesday ratified the Arctic island’s security agreement struck earlier this year with U.S. President Donald Trump, although some opposition party members questioned the deal’s economic value. The United States, Denmark, and Greenland in September signed the agreement, aimed at ending tensions after Trump’s repeated threats to take control of… -
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Trump Ends Billions of Military Aid to Major US Ally
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will no longer provide $4 billion in yearly aid to Israel starting in 2027. “You can consider it barter. You can consider military aid or cash. Look, we give them $4 billion of things and money, and they don’t need it,” he said in a Fox News interview. “And I… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Economy Hits 3.4% Growth—Where Did All the Doomsayers Go?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: [President Donald] Trump had a constitution to weather all of that onslaught against him, and we’re just seeing that constitution reveal itself… -
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How China Landed in the Midterms and What Congress Does Next
Summary In Texas, a super PAC backing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton put $15 million behind a buy that included an ad titled “Chinese Toy,” hitting Democrat candidate James Talarico for voting against the 2025 state law barring buyers tied to China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea from acquiring Texas property. Talarico answered with… -
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My Experience as an American Censored by French Authorities
Summary On Halloween in Paris, a video went viral of an angry protester throwing a Molotov cocktail at the French police. It was an egregious act, and though the violence drew deserved condemnation, the French government had taken a very different approach to another controversy that same day: Rather than confront political violence, it had… -
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Why This European Ally Is Standing With Trump
Summary Romania’s national security adviser visited Washington, D.C., this week with a message to his American counterparts: We’re open for business. Ambassador Marius-Gabriel Lazurca spoke with the Daily Signal shortly after arriving in the nation’s capital and expressed optimism about U.S.-Romania relations. “I’m here to tell my American interlocutors that our strategic relationship has done… -
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Brazil’s Election Is a Warning, But Not of the End of the Donroe Doctrine
The media and the global left have hailed the apparent reelection of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a turning point for the Latin American left’s electoral future, upending the recent conservative wave in the region and marking the downfall of the Trump administration’s highly successful “Donroe Doctrine” of hemispheric engagement. In reality,… -
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They Aim to Conquer
The West would do well to remember King Solomon’s most famous ruling. Last weekend, France erupted in widespread rioting. One French official put the number involved in protests at 550,000. Of those, more than 100,000 were in Paris, including on Paris’ famous Champs-Élysées Avenue. The marauders vandalized at least 3,000 shops. They stole from high-end… -
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Can Brazil and Venezuela Tolerate Opposition?
Latin American democracy is being put to the test in Brazil and Venezuela. At stake is whether the left-wing government in either country can countenance the idea of legitimate opposition. The day after losing Brazil’s presidential election, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro had his personal and diplomatic passports confiscated and was ordered not to leave Brazil. Earlier,… -
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This Federal Department Just Ranked No. 1 With Americans
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A new report found that the State Department, under Secretary Marco Rubio, is the most highly rated agency by American citizens who interact with the federal government for services. While satisfaction with federal government services fell for the first time in five years, satisfaction with the State Department increased, thanks to… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Is the Iran War About to Enter Its Final Phase?
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 at about 240 days since the Feb. 28 beginning of the so-called Iran war. We’re about… -
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How to Prevent Europe’s Violence From Coming to America
Summary When violence and destruction broke out this month in France and soon spread to other European nations, many looked for a politician or a policy to blame. But they forgot that a very real culprit is what’s taught in the classroom. Every major crisis today raises a question about education: What kind of people… -
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The EU Wants to Control What Americans See Online Before We Vote
Summary As violent protests erupt into flames across France, leveling centuries-old buildings, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot recently spoke out, attributing “hostile narratives” surrounding the protests to Russia, China, Iran, and the “MAGA community.” More and more, we’re seeing European elites treat American political speech as a threat to be managed. And European officials are… -
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Europe Learns a Lesson About Kowtowing to China
Summary A European soccer star insinuated that Mao Zedong was a dictator, and China showed exactly how a powerful, dictatorial regime operates when it can. Kylian Mbappé, a French soccer star who plays for Real Madrid, a Spanish team, stepped into a controversy made in China, but miserably endured by so many of the communist… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Why Is Carney Choosing China Over America?
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 into five or six months now of the Canadian-American trade wars. It’s kind of… -
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Upcoming Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping Meeting Explained
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 a lot of acrimony right now about a planned summit with the three… -
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French Voters Are Waking Up to the Real Cause of Their Country’s Riots, Experts Say
French voters aren’t falling for the media narrative about their country’s riots, a leading French conservative said Friday. “What is clear is there is a big awakening in France about this situation,” Alexandre Pesey, founder and director of Institut de Formation Politique, said at a panel discussion hosted by The Heritage Foundation. “Whatever the mainstream… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats Think They’re About to Win Big
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’m speaking about 10 days before our Nov. 3 midterms, the second midterm in…