Victor Davis Hanson on “The Case For Trump”
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2019
- Recorded on April 1, 2019.
How did blue-collar voters connect with a millionaire from Queens in the 2016 election? Martin and Illie Anderson Senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson addresses that question and more in his newly released book, The Case for Trump. He sits down with Peter Robinson to chat about his motivation to write a book making a rational case for those voters who chose Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.
Hanson and Robinson, the Murdoch Distinguished Policy Fellow, discuss how voters connected with Trump’s “personal authenticity” during the campaign and how the media has a “historical amnesia” of the bad behavior of past presidents when talking about President Trump. The president, Hanson argues, was always an outsider from elite society in Manhattan, which helped him to better to connect with voters who felt like outsiders. He analyzes President Trump’s platform agenda, which was composed 80% of traditionally conservative views with the remaining 20% being radical ideas that fit with many of the views of the midwestern states. He breaks down why, in the end, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich didn’t appeal to voters in the way that Trump managed to.
Hanson turns to talk about his background and life growing up in California’s Central Valley and how different the area feels now compared to when he was younger. He talks about seeing the majority of the family-run farms being steadily replaced with large commercial operations and how that’s drastically impacted the workforce and economics of the region. He goes on to discuss issues of water protection and water quality in the Central Valley and how Bay Area elites prioritize their water quality over that of the rural farmers.
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I worked construction in NY for years, worked in Trumps building rebuilding a floor. As we sat down to eat Trump and a bunch of suits walked in looking around talking about plans. He saw us eating and APOLOGIZED for disturbing out lunch. They all left. 5 minutes later he came back with a sandwich from the deli alone, and sat with us on an upside down bucket and shot the shit with us. Just regular talking like a normal guy. One worker asked why he didn't eat with the suits, he said although they all worked for him he didn't like them, he was just a regular guy.
And he was. There is nothing pretentious about him. When he says her is better, it is because he is better.
Does a olympic runner get called pretentious when he says he is faster than the rest?
Not when it is the truth
HOW LUCKEY THE WORLD IS TO HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH GREATRESPECT FROM AUSTRALIA GOD KEEP HIM SAFE
When Trump says he is better, why then does he lie so much? When there is nothing pretentious about him, why does he lie about his achievements. He is a fraud. What makes you blind about the facts? Do you even know what facts mean? I don‘t need media comments to see that Trump contradicts his own words. I don‘t understand how you cannot see that. Must be a strange but unfortunately wide spread psychological condition.
That's exactly what I imagined him to be like...before politics. And, he's still the same!
What an awesome story!
Thank you for this John. It is so great to hear personal testimonies about Trump.
I voted for Trump and I DO NOT regret it! Looking forward to 2020!
I did not vote for Trump and do regret it. Looking forward to voting for him in the important state of Michigan in 2020. He's going to wipe the floor with whatever socialist idiot they put against him.
For all his billions, Donald Trump is the closest thing to “The Common Man” becoming President that we will ever see! ❤️🇺🇸 *_#TRUMP2020_*
Trump has been saying these things for over 30yrs. He is consistent.~: )
As a 30's Black, Navy vet, kids, hip hop kinda guy.......I voted for Trump because everytime I heard the guy speak, as a man I can tell when a man is dis-ingenuous and Trump came off as *REAL* and off the cuff. He was truly the only candidate (including Obama) that I could relate too. He was arrogant, harsh, brash, but truthful. Qualities that many may not like but qualities of a true leader.
Too Shmart as a middle aged white woman in California I felt the exact same way. I believed the truth was that it was a Never Hillary sentiment. I’m not a Trump worshiper, he is not my savior, he was however the better choice for so many reasons.
Quick note to you. Just because someone is arrogant, harsh, and brash doesn't make them truthful.
@@RoyalProtectorate ok smart guy, try on the word 'authenticity' for size. I'm a middle aged black businessman and saw same thing as this commenters post. That said i worship NO man!
Too Shmart But Obama was a poseur, a phony, a made-man; not a self-made man like Trump.
@@RoyalProtectorate Wow that was so deep...Elizabeth Warren is that you? So smart. So human like.
God bless from Sweden.
God bless President Trump and the great patriots of USA and Sweden.
Phil Swede4Trump hopefully your country will follow through also with a great leader like President Trump
Great Job Victor Davis Hanson 👍 Trump 🇺🇸 2024
Trump does not need recognition because his supporters appreciate his accomplishments.
VDH has it wrong.
Trump's dad made sure his son worked in construction with his hands. He learned what it was like to live and work like a blue collar guy. His dad made SURE that Trump did not grow up an entitled spoiled brat. That's why he understands us and relates to us.
StudSupreme A great, profound, point.
StudSupreme, It’s also the reason he can appreciate our values, and respects our work ethic. Truly a man for the people, who loves our country and the average U.S. Citizen❣️🇺🇸🙏🏼
Good dad. Produced a compassionate stable genius. A very successful one!! Chess grand master, as is his son Barron. Golf enthusiast who owns exclusive golf us all over the world. Award winning TV personality, with a number one Neilson rating. Owned a beauty pagent. And now the best president this country has ever had, with the most elegant, wise, and beautiful first lady ever. Are we tired of winning, yet?
Trump is not a politician ,thank god
exactly, it's his strength and downfall as an outsider. the politicians who come after him will benefit from his work but will be unable to acknowledge him because he reflects their failure. this is the destiny of the tragic hero.
Im a Englishman from Hampshire. I loved Donald from the moment he came down the escalator. A great President.
God bless this man. ✌🏻❤️🇺🇸
GOD BLESS this wonderful president! And thanks, Victor Hanson Davis.
Touche!
Donald Trump is a great President, never socially accepted (WE welcome him), often brash, but he has an uncanny charisma and ability to be right-by the hand of God, just like Andrew Jackson did in his time. Donald Trump 2020!
VDH is an amazing mind. I could listen to him forever and a day. This is a man true to his word and specific in his thoughts.
I am listening to this (again) on 2-9-2020 and it seems as VDH predicted Trump is getting more of the black vote.
Because he knew how to connect with people! He spent time on the job sites with the WORKERS! He admired them and respects them!
Trump understands what the silent majority knows and most politicians are not on the American Team.
Trump brought out voters who had never voted .
The AMERICAN TEAM! Whats that team look like?
Trump understands nothing. He doesn't understand the economy, he doesn't understand women, he doesn't understand why we have nuclear weapons, but don't use them.
Victor Davis Hanson is spot on, on every subject, he can speak for me anytime, completely logical approach to everything.
He is the best.
Victor is a Genius!!!! I Love Him!!! Yet, he's also Humble.
I experienced the same when an illegal hit me, totaled my car and ran away, never caught!!! Ended with me another $13K in debt!!!!
Trump is the best president we’ve had! Trump 2020!
Lorraine Irwin The only two that come close or are slightly better are Theodore Roosevelt and George Washington.
Mere proclamations are not sufficient to make it so.
Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and George Washington are most often listed as the three highest-rated presidents among historians.
The remaining places within the Top 10 are often rounded out by Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Harry S Truman, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Andrew Jackson, and John F. Kennedy.
More recent presidents such as Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton are often rated among the greatest in public opinion polls, but do not always rank as highly among presidential scholars and historians.
Oddly enough, Trump is never mentioned, nor is it likely that he ever will be.
Victor Davis Hanson .. absolutely brilliant !!
Thank you VDH !
Am listening from Nigeria, Africa. I like VDH. Cool and deep. The left is waking up the center right out of their slumber.
Agree very insightful
God bless you brother
Excellent. Among other qualities, Hanson is the most down to earth yet intelligent academic around.
It is ethical people such as he who should be running America...
versus the criminally self-serving *ruining cl-asses!* ☝🤓
My Dad, the Farmer, from PA to the shores in France, back to the Pa farm fed a family of 6 and we made it on that little farm, with no help. Still no PHDs but we all did it and are all successful
THANK GOD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP🇺🇸
Love listening to Victor Hansen
Great interview with a blue collar Californian with a PHD , from the Big valley , Level headed and speaks clearly without pretension .
VDH makes a point about Trump that I’ve long believed myself: the left call him a racist, whereas the truth is he simply doesn’t care.
"I don't care" is pretty much the ultimate defense against the hysterical screeching pejoratives of the left. The moment you stop caring about their idiot insults they become meaningless. Conversely, the moment you try to 'defend' yourself and explain away whatever your supposed transgression is then you've bought into their narrative and you'll just be running to keep up with their madness.
They call every Republican a racist, they have since I can remember. It's because they are projecting, because their party started the KKK
@@sherrykoury5351 thats so true. I know dems who refuse to believe it .. its the same as planned parenthood was instituted to lower the black population. People should look it up. they don't even try to hide it...amazing
Really listening to Mr Hanson is a favor to oneself to understand the state of affairs in the US.
Wish the Americans could spare their sanity and listen to this erudite gentleman. If immigrants cannot contribute, assimilate and make an effort to understand the country's populace and their culture, then that does cause an imbalance...... Following this from India..
Peter, thanks for this uplifting interview with this uplifting individual! I, certainly, needed this, now! I now have some hope for America, possibly, without blood in the streets?
I'm also from the Central Valley, CA. We used to be RED til the Democrats bullied their way thru our state; liberal policies are shoved down our throats on a daily.
Very sad... I just came from San Diego on Fifth Av. All homeless and empty buildings. The word is High rises will take their place.
we will be red again
How did they bully their way? By wining elections?
True that!
The left destroys all things good and all things American. They have absolutely wrecked California and gave it to foreigners. Be armed and be safe- or move out of that shithole the left has turned CA into.
VDH understands Trump like few other public intellectuals. God Bless Him! Trump Landslide 2020
Didn't he lose the popular vote by 3m?
Touche!
Englishman here, I‘ve watched clips of Trump spending time with solid blue collar men down at the factory or the fire station precinct. He seemed to have all the time in the world to talk and joke. These guys loved him, his authenticity was palpable. He didn’t have to tell lies like his rivals.
I will by Mr Hanson's book 👍
I write this from China (where I've lived for eight (8) years): Victor Hanson is great for the intellectual soul of our democracy/republic. We've got no voting here in China. Trump represents the rebirth that comes from the right to vote. It sounds cliche, but the elites in America have striven over the last three years to deprive the "deplorables" of their right to vote.
More like ten years to deprive us deplorables of our right to vote.
Make sure you send in your vote come 2020(:
Touche!
Correct
Aren't you getting concerned (as someone living in China) that the Chinese will use you as a pawn while they (USA\China) are at each others throat geopolitically economically and military?
Trump 2020! I ❤️ Victor Hansons’intellectual thinking and reverberations of the actual truth!!!
Good gosh, it was an amazing interview...but My President Is tough, resilient, charismatic and boisterous which we love. America, needs, deserves, and appreciates, DONALD J. TRUMP. 2020 ! 4 more years!!! 😃🇺🇸
4 More YEARS. TRUMP- PENCE 2020 🇺🇸
I click and listen whenever I see VDH is commenting. We are extremely fortunate he has been willing to speak his brilliant mind and common sense values. He is a true AMERICAN who only wants what is best for America.
Love Prof. Hanson, a true gem and pride from Central Valley.
This man makes so much sense. He's very articulate.
Agree!
'ken oath!
Dr. Hanson is the special kind of American with intellect, values and common sense, that America need more of to keep America great.
I'm listening to this in 2023 and it's amazing how pertinent it still seems.
From Denmark here: can we get your Trump after 2024? We need him!
We can share. He can be president of Denmark and USA. The EU would be triggered since it could greatly interfere with their plan to turn Scandinavia into Africa. Denmark is so small we could squeeze that lil country in between our states lol. Very rich history in Daneland, you could probably use a 👑 Ragnar right now to take the reigns.
Rune S At least you could try to imitate him as we are in Poland. I hope you can keep your great country. Best wishes from Poland.
Rune S I asked a year ago- Scotland is ahead of you in the queue lol plus his mother is Scottish- we need the Prodigal Son to return and sort this idiot Sturgeon out.
Rune S nooo, Portugal needs him more 🤓
Canada needs him as well
His remarks about the farms broke my heart. 💔
"Thank You, Victor"
Uneducated trucker all my life. We trucker's are road scholar's. We see and meet from the educated movie starts sports figures as we make our deliveries. I've kept my mouth shut and ears open. Heard of the left side and the right. I'm a Californian from birth. My family has fought for the United States from the civil war WW1 WW2 Korea and Vietnam. This is my home for now. Trump is rough around the edges but true to his word. 👍 Voting again for him.
Damn, I'm not sure just who is more BADASS right now - Victor Davis Hanson or Donald Trump? Bravo to both of these Titans!
"Titans"; I love it!
The answer is,"Hanson."
jjroseknows777 I love people who speak the truth.
if they fought in the UFC against each other, who would win an MMA match?
Touche!
VDH brings clarity to the seemingly complicated issues of the day. For this I thank him.
Trump got my attention way back when he was campaigning & said "Merry Christmas"!
After years of the Media's War On Christmas it was so refreshing & meaningful to hear a candidate say those 2 words that had almost been declared Verbotten by the US Media!
I could listen to Victor Davis Hanson all day.
The way He speaks conveys so much more than the Spoken Words, He is something else.
I am smarter for having spent this hour educating myself to different validated point of views. Thank you.
You're welcome. *_DABS_*
It always helps to expose ourselves to different points of view. One issue of mass data collection and its predictive algorithms is that recommended videos or search results are affected by your history; This ends up curating content that meets the confirmation-bias of consumers and often hides alternative viewpoints. I go out of my way to find both sides and debate forums that foster civil discourse where the best arguments backed by the best credible data wins. I enjoy mass data, but wish I could shake up the algorithms to let it know I am not seeking confirmation-bias.
I did find this content to be very well constructed with much merit. I wish more people were aware such content exists and were willing to expose themselves to material that does not [at face value] meet their confirmation-bias. United we stand, divided we fall.
I held my nose and voted for Trump in 2016...I will proudly skip into the voting booth, MAGA hat on, and cast my vote with glee and confidence in my GREAT PRESIDENT TRUMP! Great interview and I am purchasing the book today!
Thankyou for standing for not being afraid to tell the truth and identify corruption and fraud.
I fear for the future of our republic. Thank goodness for President Trump and for Victor Davis Hanson.
Fascinating! Trump 2020!
This is the most intelligent and inspiring interview I've seen about our POTUS. Hanson's view and interpretation of President Trump's journey, his character, choices and reasons for doing things the way he does is right on target. It saddens me with regards to the 2 possible outcomes, because I believe he's probably right and it breaks my heart and pisses me off at the same time. In my lifetime, I have never loved and supported a President more than #45. I worry so much about who will eventually take his place and what will happen to the U.S. when they do. For now though, I'm simply grateful and count my blessings for having had this opportunity to witness how a real and true President is and should be. Thank you President Trump from the bottom of this deplorable's heart.
Hanson speaks the absolute truth! The majority of people are just to afraid to say it.
I sold insurance to almond farmers in Northern California in the 1980's and now I wish that I had ventured further south during that time, just for the chance to meet Victor Davis Hanson. I am impressed by his education, amazed by his insight and touched by his humility.
this guy is a smart, intellectual, common sense, to the point guy, impressed!
Although he is an intellectual, he is a hunter and not a cave painter (like many of his colleagues). One of the most important intellectuals of our time.
Bobby Axelrod
He is my professor at Hillsdale. Great historian
Bobby Axelrod He’s a genius!
Mr. Hanson ; Thank you so much for outlining and supporting my instincts about Donald Trump.
Hansen makes very good points and makes me like Trump even more.
VDH is one of the truly wise amongst a plethora of so-called experts... I LOVE this great man!!!
What a job Peter Robinson has. The privilege of speaking to great minds such as Sowell, Friedman, Buckley Jr, and VDH for 20+ years. Remarkable.
What a very smart honest humble intelligent human being. Great show
Trump tell's it like it is, like it or not. That's what makes him the greatest president.
Once I got over the interviewer's disconcerting resemblance to Keith Olbermann, I realized what a GREAT interviewer he is. And VDH is a national treasure.
Atlas King the KO resemblance got me too! On point.
Best economy in history lowest unemployment for African Americans, 300,000 manufacturing jobs back from China peace in Korea, not bad for 2 years
The USA would be doing better in Iran if Kerry didn't undermine Trump. Kerry may be the cause of war if Iran has been misinformed. Trump takes no shit from anyone and is willing to demonstrate USA's strength. The world knows who the true world leader is and he is your great POTUS! Us poor Canadians have trudeau, pray for us.
See how the economy survives a trade war with China or the huge amounts of extra debt that will be amassed after a war with Iran. Economic policy takes years to take full effect. Look at the rising employment rates on a graph. Unemployment dropped from 10% to 5% under Obama after the GFC. His policies continue to take effect under Trump but Trump's isolationism will eventually wreck the economy.
If Trump is not responsible for the economy then why didn't Clinton run on policies and say she would do this? Why didn't Obama predict this? Why didn't Obama say Clinton could do this because of ground work he had laid? They both said this can't happen! They said Obama's last 2 yrs was as good as it could get. Your drinking msm look aid.
If you take a look at the chart in this article, it's clear it's a continuation of the Obama economy.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-05/manufacturing-jobs-boom-is-fading
After Trump blacklisted Huawei the rest of the world is not going to trust the US as a trading partner. Kim Jong Un is not going to trust the US or denuclearize.
How wonderful. Wait... maybe you missed this.
... scratch a little bit beneath the surface, and there was plenty to worry about.
www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-mismanagement-of-the-economy-is-monumental-2019-08-09
President Trump...2020🇺🇸
He will definitely be remembered as one of the greatest presidents ever!
I disagree. I'm pretty sure his name will go down in infamy.
yeah im really beginning to think that
Hell no. Only for white supremacists
This man, VDH, is brilliant and dead on.
The analogy to Dirty Harry and Paton are probably true and a shame. The hypocrisy of our culture is sad but the millions of us who appreciate Trump will never forget his greatness.
David Halseth read the Savior Generals to understand how and why society brings in these mavericks in times of crisis and discards them in times of leisure
I can't imagine forgetting Trump. Maybe the scum elites and libtards will, but not the normal folk. I know history will be kind to his leadership and accomplishments.
@@user-sl8mm5kl7hTrump strives each day to run the country more successfully, the rest of the bureauracrats go to pick up their pay.
The normie doesn't know what's good for them.
Incredible interview. Victor Hanson is truly amazing
Yes amazing! Viktor is a great man!
He is good but heavily burdened with the misery of life. He needs to spend some time experiencing happiness.
He's my Plato or Socrates because he understands and can explain Plato and Socrates to me in a way I understand.
I agree with your assessment of Mr. Hanson.
Victor Davis Hanson is a true intellectual, eloquent and profound. He understands why Donald Trump appeals to so many hard working, patriotic Americans of all socioeconomic strata.
Mr Hanson is a very smart man. We need more people like him speaking up like this.
Professor Hanson is by this point a national treasure.
The great insight of VDH is he gives such an intellectual spin regarding Trump!
An eloquent and substantial case for Trump. Professor Hanson is an admirable man.
Brilliant, intelligent and reasoned. And spot on!
Intelligent concise speakers. I learned a lot from this interview.
Victor Hansen is so articulate and so focused on his specialty. Brilliant interview.I wish Victor had not been interrupted or shouted down so many times. Victor remains calm and poised and graceful throughout the repeated interruptions.Thanks for a great interview.
The truth always irritates leftists, as I suspect this interviewer is? . He looked very disturbed by the end, as his propaganda mind set was cracking. Even so.... The interviewer mainly listened!! Did not think that would be possible for someone with TDS syndrome!! Good for him!!!
Peter is perhaps the best interviewer I've seen. Curious, humble, patient. Victor, my man, an example of what clear thinking looks like.
Victor Davis Hanson, you are also on my favorites list.🙌👍
Thank you Mr Davis,from Modesto American Mexican, finally someone who has felt our pain in the central valley.love your book keep up the writing,trump 2020
These videos bring me great joy
me too
The best explanation of what Trump is and what he means, and the history of the country during our lifetime, in plain English and not boring for a minute. Genius disguised as common sense.
@@howardglickstein6763 : Right on!
Long form discussion is the best form. No more clip it's that the media uses to fit their crazy narrative.
Howard Glickstein Common sense is genius in it’s simplicity. It’s a beautiful thing.
16:00
How did Trump learn to communicate with the deplorables?
As I stated in another comment, he didn't like his own kind, he hung out with construction workers whenever he could, he wasn't raised a prick, he had a good father.
WOW, at 17:50 he confirms exactly what I said.
I like this guy, most people don't know Trump, he does
He is brilliant
You must understand, Everything V.D.H. RECOUNTS! IS VERIFIABLY TRUE. V.D.H. is one of the ONLY Sane Historian!!!!
PLUS, this is knowledge that he HAS, not from a prompter of some kind.
Actual intellectual discussion... refreshing.
Thank you for an excellent education. Thank God for President Trump.
Victor Hanson is one of the smartest people out there. 100% agree with each and every word.
VDH is my hero - a brilliant mind
Im a Brit, there is a saying here in England, an English mans home is his castle. Folks need to be able to own their own houses they feel they are more invested in society, thus work harder. Trump has been the best thing to happen to America since the 80s, Trump 2020 all the way...
Really? The host starts with 'vulgar'?
I don't care if my garbage man is vulgar, just pick up the trash.
I don't care if my mailman is vulgar, just deliver my mail on time and safely.
I don't care of my president is vulgar, as long as he does his job. and he is.
Thank you Mr Hanson.
Oh my goodness this was a fantastic interview where have you been all my life ?? WOW just fantastic.!!
He's one of only a handful of real Conservatives at the HOOVER INSTITUTE.
Yeah, what has happened to these people that SHOULD know better? How can anyone say that the Left's ideas are the way we should go. Socialism has NEVER worked, and that is proven. Did they not take that class in school? Even if they were indoctrinated in K thru 12, at some point they must have thought for themselves.
What do you mean only fellows at the hoover insitutions?
Looking back on the hippie era.... Now understand it was the beginning of the plan to destroy America. Sex, drugs and rock and roll. Abortions. the pill. Free love. Families crumbling. Calling police pigs and soldiers, baby killers. Feminism began. Gloria Steinham and others. The peace sign is a Satanic symbol. Rise of terrorist groups. And on and on.
I would like to have a copy of
"The Case For Trump".
I am Australian, so l would like to have Trump on our side, being a small population in a vast expanse of land.
Also admire your patience, in interviews with Peter Robinson, as l notice he argues against anything "anti democrat".
Not so good, for an interviewer, should be more open minded.
I admire your knowledge, immensely !
Thank you so glad to find this information now two years after. APR4U 🇺🇸