The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Donald Trump’s ‘DEI Firestorm’

If DEI proponents were being honest, they’d say, “We're going to bring in people that may not have traditional criteria or traditional resumes, but we're willing to take that risk with your life,” argues Victor Davis Hanson on this edition of “Victor Davison Hanson: In His Own Words.” 

After President Donald Trump’s critics lashed out last week when he broached the idea that DEI hiring standards may have played a role in the disastrous midair collision over the Potomac River, a class action lawsuit surfaced, claiming that the Federal Aviation Administration turned away “1,000 air traffic controller applicants, solely based on their race,” reported Fox News.

The FAA "disbanded a lot of university programs that encourage people with military experience or encourage people that had courses in scientific disciplines or mathematics or aeronautics, not to apply.”

“The thing about DEI—what Trump brought up with the FAA—ask yourself something: If it's so good, why don't people just say that? Why don't they just say, we're willing to have collateral damage? We're going to bring in people that may not have traditional criteria or traditional resumes, but we're willing to take that risk with your life. They never say that.”

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The Daily Signal - RFK Jr. Advances, China Responds to Tariffs, Cartels Target Border Patrol | Feb. 4

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: 

 

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advances in his Senate confirmation process.
  • China responds to tariffs levied by President Donald Trump by imposing tariffs on some U.S. imports. 
  • Mexican drug cartels are ordering their members to attack US Border Patrol agents.
  • Tulsi Gabbard faces a closed-door vote to be confirmed as Director of National Intelligence.
  • The White House anticipates a "spike" in federal resignations.
  • Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., introduces a bill to require universities to disclose any contracts they have with foreign adversaries



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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Was Trump Right on DEI Being at Fault for D.C. Plane Crash?

On this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” a Daily Signal original series, Hanson discusses the controversy surrounding Donald Trump's blunt comments about diversity, equity, and inclusion potentially being at fault in the recent commercial jet/Army helicopter collision outside of Washington.

“ We do know this, and Donald Trump brought it up, and that was that the FAA consistently under Joe Biden had racial quotas, and they abolished programs, and universities that encouraged people who had either expertise through the curriculum or prior military experience who would do well on meritocratic exams to try to join the FAA—and they were rejected because of their race.”

“ My point is that when [Trump] did that, everybody in the media thought it was awful. But then people who probably didn’t even vote for him said, 'Wait a minute. I want to be safe. I want my daughter to be safe. I want my husband to be safe. You mean there’s people in these control towers that were selected for criteria other than merit?'”

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The Daily Signal - Deal Made Between Mexico & US, Doors Close at USAID, Benjamin Netanyahu Arrives in DC | Feb. 3

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: 

 

  • President Donald Trump reached an agreement with the president of Mexico to pause new tariffs for a month. 
  • The Trump administration moves to close USAID. 
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington, D.C.

 

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The Daily Signal - The Role of the US Military at the Southern Border

President Donald Trump is surging resources to America’s southern border, including military personnel, and has every right to do so, according to Robert Greenway. 

“It is not unprecedented for the military to be called in [to the border] when the capacity of our law enforcement agencies is exceeded, and that’s almost certainly the case now,” said Greenway, director of the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation.

In a new Heritage report titled, “How the President Can Use the U.S. Military to Confront the Catastrophic Threat at the Border with Mexico,” Greenway, who is also a former member of the National Security Council, Greenway breaks down the specific ways the military can step in to secure the border. 

The military can help in three general capacities at the border, Greenway explains. First, the military can help with transportation and housing of illegal aliens in the deportation process. Second, the military can provide assistance with the physical security of the border through increased personnel, surveillance, and assistance in the construction of the border wall. And finally, the military can work outside of the U.S. with other countries to help them police their own borders more effectively. 

“I think there’s a huge role for the military to play, and advise, equip, support, and assist our partners and allies south of the border,” he said. “The military is uniquely capable of doing that.”

Greenway joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss past cases in which the U.S. deployed the military to the U.S. border, and why it is an effective strategy for stopping the flood of illegal immigration. 

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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Warning to Elite Universities, There’s a New Sheriff in Town

Victor Davis Hanson discusses the implications of Donald Trump's executive orders, particularly those targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) quotas in government. He delves into recent incidents at Columbia University and NYU involving pro-Palestine protests and their potential consequences for student visas:

“My point is this, all of these Elite students at these elite universities talk a great game, but when they've never faced any consequences, if Donald Trump and if these universities are afraid of Donald Trump and they clamp down, I think you're going to see deterrence start to work to discourage other protests, because one thing we know about all these young students, they are careerist and they are careerists used to being pampered…”

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The Daily Signal - Trump Tariffs Begin, Title IX Restored, Crash Causes Surfaces | Jan. 31

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: 

 

  • White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announces Trump will install tariffs on Mexico, Canada, on China starting Saturday.
  • The Trump administration’s Department of Education releases a “dear colleague” letter rejecting the Biden administration’s attempt to change the meaning of “sex” in Title IX.
  • New evidence arises about the cause of Wednesday night’s plane crash in DC.  
  • Sen. Jim Banks requests an investigation into reports that a foreign aid agency pushed abortion on Sierra Leone
  • Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirms that some criminal illegal immigrants will be sent to Guantanamo Bay detention camp. 
  • The Trump administration eliminates the Pentagon’s policy of funding abortion travel.



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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: No, We Don’t Give Security Details Forever

In this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson cuts through the hysteria surrounding Donald Trump's decision to end the security details for Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, and Anthony Fauci, highlighting their financial standings and Trump's stance on their protection: 

Donald Trump said, when he was pressed about this, “aren't you worried that you may be culpable if any of them are harmed, since, supposedly, right-wingers don't like Fauci and the Iranians are mad at Bolton and Pompeo?”

And he said, “do we give security details forever?” 

“Donald Trump will do more to keep Pompeo and Bolton safe by confronting Iran. And he already has told Iran that they are going to be held responsible, not just for threatening Bolton's life or Pompeo's, but his life.”

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The Daily Signal - Trump Addresses Plane Crash, Gabbard Confirmation Hearing, Patel Under Senate Scrutiny | Jan. 30

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: 

  • Americans search for answers about Wednesday night’s fatal plane crash. 
  • Tulsi Gabbard faced Senate scrutiny on Thursday during her confirmation hearing to be Director of National Intelligence. 
  • Kash Patel had his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to serve as President Donald Trump’s FBI director.
  •  Senate Democrats on the Budget Committee boycotted the meeting to advance the nomination of Russell Vought.
  • Meta will pay President Donald Trump $25 million for suspending his Facebook and Instagram accounts in 2021. 
  • Trump issues executive orders on education .

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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Get Me Kash Patel

On this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson delves into the controversies surrounding Kash Patel's nomination as the FBI director.

Despite Patel's extensive background as a public defender, federal prosecutor, and involvement in the executive and legislative branches, his role in the Nunes memo and association with Donald Trump have stirred significant opposition from the Left:

“So, in all of these aspects, he seems like the perfect FBI director. But there's two reasons why people are very angry about him, of course. One is, he was the point man for Devin Nunes House Select Intelligence Committee investigation of the FBI. And he helped draft the Nunes memo, which detailed, quite accurately, all of the FBI's machinations to collude with their paid informant, Christopher Steele, to fabricate a false dossier that incorrectly alleged that Donald Trump was a Russian asset.”

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