Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Isn’t Weaponizing the Law — He’s Ending the Biden Double Standard President Donald Trump and his administration have been lambasted by the corporate media, members of Congress and left-wing pundits over the recent indictments of three notable individuals: John Bolton, James Comey and now Letitia James. These critics argue that the president is going on a so-called “revenge tour,” using the law “in a weaponized fashion.” All these people are willfully overlooking one cr

Victor Davis Hanson: Ukraine's Blitz Launches War in Dangerous New Direction After more than three years of bloody stalemate, Ukraine has launched unprecedented strikes deep into Russian territory—destroying nearly a third of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet and targeting the crucial Kerch Bridge to Crimea. Now, Trump’s peace push may now be stalled—not by Ukraine, but by Putin himself. With over $400 billion in Western aid already spent and millions of lives disrupted, is the war entering a more

Victor Davis Hanson: Ukraine, It’s Time to Make a Deal Europe’s largest and deadliest war since 1945 needs to come to an end, argues Victor Davis Hanson in this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” As rumors of peace talks between the United States, Russia, and Ukraine spread, Hanson talks shop about the likely outcomes and why President Donald Trump is the only one who can end Europe’s bloodiest war since World War II: “What did Donald Trump do when he came in? He started giving

Victor Davis Hanson: The West Has the Power to Stop Russia. So Why Don’t We? Why doesn’t NATO give Ukraine the weapons to win the war against Russia outright? It's because nuclear threats from Putin’s circle still shape Western decision-making, even if most of it is bluff. Add in U.S. political pressure from Trump voters who oppose “forever wars,” and the path to stopping Russia becomes far more complicated than it looks. But Ukraine is the invaded underdog and a rare, militarily capable ally, w

Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Made China Realize the US' Full Potential The United States and China just inked a trade and economic agreement that saw America walking away with wins not seen in years: “We agreed to lower tariffs. They're still going to be, nominally, 47% on incoming Chinese goods, but China in return is going to drop tariffs against us. It's going to buy U.S. soybeans, and it's going to stop its blockade, or embargo, of rare earth materials,” Victor Davis Hanson said on last week’s

Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Scared China Into Playing ‘Nice’ With the U.S. Again The “experts” were wrong again. For months, Americans were told that the U.S. was embroiled in a losing “trade war” with China, preventing the two world powers from striking any sort of deal. However, in the face of this supposed adversity, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump inked a trade and economic deal, which included key Chinese commitments: agreeing to buy more U.S. soybeans, ease export contr

Historians Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson, and Stephen Kotkin appear together for the first time in a public discussion. The topic of this Uncommon Knowledge episode: Is the United States in decline or on the verge of renewal? The Hoover Institution senior fellows also discuss: - Donald Trump's second term and the transformation of the Republican Party - Relations between China and Taiwan - America's fiscal crisis - The current state of universities - The upcoming 250th anniversary of the s