In this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson critiques President Joe Biden’s claims about his own foreign policy in the waning days of his presidency.
“So why would you claim that you had done this outstanding achievement? And the war is not over. It’s the worst carnage in Europe since the Battle of Stalingrad—1.7 million dead, wounded or missing. It’s nothing to brag about. It’s a complete catastrophe.”
“He said that he was tough on China. He said China wasn’t our rival. He allowed a Chinese spy balloon to traverse the United States. For a week, he did nothing.”
“Trump didn’t have a war in Afghanistan because you lost it. And you humiliated us. And you destroyed deterrence…this was the single greatest disaster in foreign policy in a century, and yet, he had the audacity to go before the State Department and claim it was a great success.”
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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to sign a slew of executive order on his first day in office, including multiple that pertain to securing America’s southern border with Mexico.
“I think people are going to be pleased with the executive orders he is going to sign,” Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, told "The Daily Signal Podcast," adding, “I'm familiar with many of them, but I'm not going to get ahead of the president on that.”
Homan, who served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump from January 2017 to June 2018, said had he expects the president to “go back to what was successful” at the border during his first administration.
“We go back to Remain in Mexico, third safe country agreements, end catch and release, continue building that wall,” Homan said.
While many the Americans who voted for Trump will likely be pleased with the president’s actions to secure the border, Trump’s border and immigration agenda will also be met with resistance, Homan predicts.
“I think we're going to take a lot of hate,” he said. “We're going to be sued every day, numerous times. I think you'll see the left try to control the media. They're going to show the first crying female, first crying child, and say how inhumane we are. But they won’t to talk about the 340,000 children that they've failed to take care of," Homan said, presumably referring to the Biden administration.
The leftist corporate media will “tell one side of the story,” Homan said. “they'll try to vilify us, but they're not going to stop us from doing [our] job.”
After what he has witnessed while serving both as a border Patrol Agent and in ICE, Homan says he does not care what the media says about him.
Homan joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” for a special bonus edition to discuss the resources the Trump administration will need to carry out deportations of illegal aliens, and what information he expects to be uncovered regarding the Biden administration’s handling of the southern border.
California disbanded a group of firefighters that could have potentially provided critical assistance during the wildfires.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped the state’s Attorney General Ashley Moody to take Marco Rubio’s Senate seat.
The ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas is expected to be signed and take effect Sunday - but a deal is not done until it is signed by all parties involved. And right now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to give final approval on the deal.
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On this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson explores the historical roots and evolution of the 'Make America Great Again' (MAGA) movement. Understand the unique strategies Donald Trump employed to unite diverse groups and achieve political success.
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“First of all, remember, it's not all that different, in its core, from doctrinaire republicanism, in this sense. It, professes to be fiscally sound. It wants low taxes, limited government, and conservative values, in the sense of culture and tradition, patriotism.”
“Donald Trump added to it was: We were not going to nation build abroad. We're not taking people out of East Palestine, Ohio and sending them over to spend billions of dollars, and lose their lives in God awful places, like Fallujah ,where people don't appreciate it.”
“In fact, when we have 16% of the population that's foreign born, and that's almost 55 million people, he has called for a reduction or at least a breathing spell in legal immigration. That's ignited another tension or paradox or conflict between the MAGA people, who do not want any more than, say, 200,000 legal immigrants, and the Silicon Valley converts who want these work visas for skilled coders and people in Silicon Valley.”
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In this edition of The Daily Signal’s “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson delves into former President Donald Trump's negotiation techniques, which critics call “trolling.”
Hanson discusses how Trump's strategies, as described in 'The Art of the Deal,' play out in various geopolitical scenarios: renaming the Gulf of Mexico, purchasing Greenland, renegotiating the Panama Canal Treaty, and making Canada a state:
“In the case of renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican president showed a map recently of the southwest of the United States being part of Mexico. That was her counter. That's kind of a bad troll, because they rely on $63 billion of remittances.”
The discussion emphasizes Trump's approach of making extreme demands to gain an upper hand and highlights the irony in how he uses left-wing arguments against their proponents. Tune in to understand the intricate dynamics of Trump's methods and their implications on international relations.
Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host and veterans advocate, spent more than four hours before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his confirmation hearing Tuesday. Ryan Walker of Heritage Action for America joins the show to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense and Heritage Action’s $1 million ad campaign to support the confirmation of Trump’s nominees.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s final report asserts federal prosecutors lacked grounds to charge Trump with incitement for the Jan. 6, 2021, protests at the U.S. Capitol. The report also concludes the was not “direct evidence—such as an explicit admission or communication with co-conspirators—of Mr. Trump’s subjective intent to cause the full scope of the violence that occurred.”
The U.S. House is voting on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which is expected to pass with Democrat votes. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., sponsored the legislation, which prohibits any school that receives federal funding from allowing men to compete in women’s sports.
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The Biden administration is considering commuting the sentence of the convicted felon who stole and leaked incoming President Trump’s tax records along with those of thousands of other taxpayers.
Los Angeles resident James Breslo nearly lost his home in the Palisades Fire last week. Now he’s speaking out and pinpointing the blame on the city’s homeless population.
Former first lady Michelle Obama won’t attend the January 20 festivities in Washington, but her husband, Barack Obama, will be there with former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
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In this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson, author of “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation,” explores the systematic failures plaguing Los Angeles as it attempts to put out devastating wildfires. From diversity, equity, and inclusion dilemmas to regulatory failures, see how this extreme ideology impacts good governance.
“We have a $700,000-a-year utilities czar in Los Angeles, and she cannot explain why there was not enough water, at least in a convincing way—because she's never had to, because she was ideologically correct.”
“You have an assistant fire chief who said, ‘If women can't—if I can't carry out a man [from a burning building], then that's not on me. It's the man who shouldn't be there.’ It's like saying if a child fell down a well and I'm not physically strong enough to retrieve him and save him, that's his fault. He shouldn't have been in the well.”
“In the Los Angeles catastrophe, there are whole areas of imperial inquiry that are put off limits. You cannot talk about the homeless and whether there was a homeless person who was out in the hills, [and] to get warm, lighted a fire. It's a legitimate topic of inquiry. It's happened. You can't talk about.”
Confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin Tuesday.
Israel and Hamas appear to be very close to finalizing a deal to release 33 hostages and pause fighting.
Fox News reports that Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., has introduced a bill called “Make Greenland Great Again.” The bill would give Trump the authority to enter into negotiations with Denmark with the end goal of purchasing Greenland.
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