Victor Davis Hanson: Never Trumpers Told Us Trump Would Be Liberal, He Wasn't; No Alternative Agenda

[truth_seeker]

Victor Davis Hanson: Never Trumpers Told Us Trump Would Be Liberal, He Wasn't; No Alternative Agenda

Posted By Ian Schwartz
On Date July 6, 2018

ictor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institution is interviewed by FOX News' Tucker Carlson on the lack of agenda from the left and how the anti-Trump faction was wrong about him.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Barack Obama got elected twice but he was an ungodly disaster for the Democratic party. They lost the supermajority, they lostSupreme Court. And they can't come to grips with the fact that they control popular cultural -- sports, universities, the media -- but that turns into this type of street theater you referenced. It doesn't transfer into actual political power and they're very frustrated.

The Never Trumpers told us that Trump would be a  the Senate, they lost the House, they lost 1,000 local state and local offices, they're going to lose the


Supreme Court. And they can't come to grips with the fact that they control popular cultural -- sports, universities, the media -- but that turns into this type of street theater you referenced. It doesn't transfer into actual political power and they're very frustrated.

The Never Trumpers told us that Trump would be a moderate or a liberal. He wasn't. The Heritage Foundation said he was more conservative in his first 2 years than Ronald Reagan. The left said he was going to implode or that the Mueller investigation, or impeachment, or the emoluments clause, or they were going to sue under the 25th Amendment. None of that happened. So Trump is almost 50% approval rating.

And the final thing is there's no alternative agenda.

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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/06/victor_davis_hanson_never_trumpers_told_us_trump_would_be_liberal_he_wasnt_no_alternative_agenda.html

[DCPatriot]

Thanks for posting this, @truth_seeker

[truth_seeker]

Thanks for posting this, @truth_seeker

There needs to be a counter to George Will, and various assorted "conservative" commentators.

VDH is among my favorite political analysts. 

@DCPatriot

[Emjay]

Good column!

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Always good to hear so many of our own observations summed up so succinctly in just 2 and a half minutes.

[Cyber Liberty]

I've been a VDH fan for a long time.  He's a little too "Rah rah, sis-boom-bah!" about President Trump sometimes, but he generally settles on the truth, which is why I like him..

[Sanguine]

I've been a VDH fan for a long time.  He's a little too "Rah rah, sis-boom-bah!" about President Trump sometimes, but he generally settles on the truth, which is why I like him..

Yes, I like VDH too.  He's more often correct than not.

[skeeter]

I've been a VDH fan for a long time.  He's a little too "Rah rah, sis-boom-bah!" about President Trump sometimes, but he generally settles on the truth, which is why I like him..

VDH has been an enthusiastic (as much as he is capable of showing) supporter of border enforcement as there is, which I'm sure explains his support of the president.

[Cyber Liberty]

VDH has been an enthusiastic (as much as he is capable of showing) supporter of border enforcement as there is, which I'm sure explains his support of the president.

VDH is a life-long (muti-generational at that) resident of California's Central Valley, so he knows about the same dangers and liberal fallacies as most of us do on TBR.  He's also a top-notch Historian.

[libertybele]

As time goes on Pres. Trump has leaned more to the right than to the left.  I think it's still too early to make judgement, though it is still very apparent that Congress is filled with RINO's who have tried bigly to impede his progress and success. So far President Trump has surprised me. The mid terms should prove interesting, especially if the GOP loses ... then I fear we may see a whole different side of Trump.  Time will tell of course.

[Frank Cannon]

Good column!

These are also good columns....

[Emjay]

These are also good columns....

@Frank Cannon   I should have said 'good piece.'  That's what editors insist on calling columns now.  But that would have been dangerous.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Credit where credit is due: Trump saved the Supreme Court, and with it, perhaps the nation.

[bilo]

As time goes on Pres. Trump has leaned more to the right than to the left.  I think it's still too early to make judgement, though it is still very apparent that Congress is filled with RINO's who have tried bigly to impede his progress and success. So far President Trump has surprised me. The mid terms should prove interesting, especially if the GOP loses ... then I fear we may see a whole different side of Trump.  Time will tell of course.

Good analysis.

I was not a Trump supporter because I didn't think he could be trusted to stay on the right. He has been more than a pleasant surprise and when it looked like he was swinging to the left (the proposed DACA deal) time showed he was really two to three steps ahead of the leftists. The DACA proposal revealed the Rats for who they are. They don't want immigration reformed and more and more hispanics are starting to see this.

At this point it looks like 56 seats in the House are in play. It sure looks like an uphill battle to keep the House. The Senate though looks like we gain seats and it's just a question of how many. So if we lose the House Trump's agenda dies, nothing will happen on immigration, obamacare, or making the tax cuts permanent. I don't think Trump will swing to the left in this situation because the left has shown they are too dumb to compromise when there is a good deal to be made (DACA is a great example). We will end up with 2 years of "rage" from the left, impeachment proceedings and no budget.

[DCPatriot]

Credit where credit is due: Trump saved the Supreme Court, and with it, perhaps the nation.

Welcome to the party, pal.  Better late than never!   

[Cyber Liberty]

Welcome to the party, pal.  Better late than never!   

I'm still withholding my opinion on that.  The first session looked good, but how long did it take for Suiter and Roberts to show their true colors and crap on the constitution?  I'm generally slow to judge things.

I do like what the gal under consideration had to say about Roberts' opinion when he created an argument not being made by Obastardcare's own lawyers.  She said when he did that, he denied the litigants an opportunity to argue the question.

[Frank Cannon]

@Frank Cannon   I should have said 'good piece.'  That's what editors insist on calling columns now.  But that would have been dangerous.

This is also a "good piece"...

[Emjay]

This is also a "good piece"...

How did I know this would happen?  And yet I facilitated it.  Am I turning into @RoosGirl

[Cyber Liberty]

How did I know this would happen?  And yet I facilitated it.  Am I turning into @RoosGirl

Bite your tongue off!   

[Emjay]

Bite your tongue off!   

I already bit it, not off, but enough to hurt.

[jpsb]

This is also a "good piece"...

I knew that was coming.

[jpsb]

How did I know this would happen?  And yet I facilitated it.  Am I turning into @RoosGirl

No @Emjay, as much as I like you, there is only one @RoosGirl.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I'm still withholding my opinion on that.  The first session looked good, but how long did it take for Suiter and Roberts to show their true colors and crap on the constitution?  I'm generally slow to judge things.

I do like what the gal under consideration had to say about Roberts' opinion when he created an argument not being made by Obastardcare's own lawyers.  She said when he did that, he denied the litigants an opportunity to argue the question.

Trump is not God. If Gorsuch turns into a Souter/Breyer how would that be trumps fault? Even the most bonafide cons rvative credentials on the planet won’t make you immune to dc corruption.

[DCPatriot]

Trump is not God. If Gorsuch turns into a Souter/Breyer how would that be trumps fault? Even the most bonafide cons rvative credentials on the planet won’t make you immune to dc corruption.

And it would have been better than Justice Loretta Lynch.

[Cyber Liberty]

Trump is not God. If Gorsuch turns into a Souter/Breyer how would that be trumps fault? Even the most bonafide cons rvative credentials on the planet won’t make you immune to dc corruption.

Did we let Bush 41 wash his hands of Suiter?  Sorry, you pull a bone-headed SCOTUS pick, and you own it.