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Victor Davis Hanson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4047 total appearances

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The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And Britain, I don't know what happened to Britain. It's out in outer space somewhere. It's just drifting along. You hear all these weird things about it. It doesn't seem to have free speech. It doesn't have due process. It doesn't have a military. It's just the mayor of London is insane. It seems like they hate the British. Yeah.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

They seem to be ashamed of their British, their own history. And then you look at the other place, France is France. I mean, their biggest. They're just doing everything. They're like the Dutch government. They're doing everything they can to destroy democracy in the name of saving it from conservative right wingers. So the whole idea, it's all unraveling. And then they blame Victor.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

They seem to be ashamed of their British, their own history. And then you look at the other place, France is France. I mean, their biggest. They're just doing everything. They're like the Dutch government. They're doing everything they can to destroy democracy in the name of saving it from conservative right wingers. So the whole idea, it's all unraveling. And then they blame Victor.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

They seem to be ashamed of their British, their own history. And then you look at the other place, France is France. I mean, their biggest. They're just doing everything. They're like the Dutch government. They're doing everything they can to destroy democracy in the name of saving it from conservative right wingers. So the whole idea, it's all unraveling. And then they blame Victor.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

Usually when they're having trouble, they always blame Victor Orban and say it's Victor Orban's fault. And that's what Americans do. It's Victor Orban. But then when you look at. Hungary, it seems to be functioning better than their countries.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

Usually when they're having trouble, they always blame Victor Orban and say it's Victor Orban's fault. And that's what Americans do. It's Victor Orban. But then when you look at. Hungary, it seems to be functioning better than their countries.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

Usually when they're having trouble, they always blame Victor Orban and say it's Victor Orban's fault. And that's what Americans do. It's Victor Orban. But then when you look at. Hungary, it seems to be functioning better than their countries.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

I wouldn't return anybody. I would pay down the debt. So would I, right? I think each person owes like $100,000. Everybody seems confused, but this is where we are, everybody. This is what Trump is trying to do. A. He is trying to maintain the 2017 tax cuts that come up for expiration and renewal with a very shaky two-person and maybe with an election or two, three-person margin in the House.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

I wouldn't return anybody. I would pay down the debt. So would I, right? I think each person owes like $100,000. Everybody seems confused, but this is where we are, everybody. This is what Trump is trying to do. A. He is trying to maintain the 2017 tax cuts that come up for expiration and renewal with a very shaky two-person and maybe with an election or two, three-person margin in the House.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

I wouldn't return anybody. I would pay down the debt. So would I, right? I think each person owes like $100,000. Everybody seems confused, but this is where we are, everybody. This is what Trump is trying to do. A. He is trying to maintain the 2017 tax cuts that come up for expiration and renewal with a very shaky two-person and maybe with an election or two, three-person margin in the House.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And he wants to expand those tax cuts, maybe from, I don't know, 38 to 36 or something, our capital gains cuts. And he knows that if he does that, his revenue for six months to a year will fall as companies say, wait a minute, are you serious? This is not going to be revoked in a week? Okay, I will invest.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And he wants to expand those tax cuts, maybe from, I don't know, 38 to 36 or something, our capital gains cuts. And he knows that if he does that, his revenue for six months to a year will fall as companies say, wait a minute, are you serious? This is not going to be revoked in a week? Okay, I will invest.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And he wants to expand those tax cuts, maybe from, I don't know, 38 to 36 or something, our capital gains cuts. And he knows that if he does that, his revenue for six months to a year will fall as companies say, wait a minute, are you serious? This is not going to be revoked in a week? Okay, I will invest.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And they know that if he does that, then the economy will have greater revenues, like it always does when you tax cut. But in the meantime, he's got to get over this huge deficit, right? And debt, deficit that Biden let. So what does he have to do? He has to cut over a trillion dollars. And there's only about 20% of the budget, the $6 trillion budget he can look at.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And they know that if he does that, then the economy will have greater revenues, like it always does when you tax cut. But in the meantime, he's got to get over this huge deficit, right? And debt, deficit that Biden let. So what does he have to do? He has to cut over a trillion dollars. And there's only about 20% of the budget, the $6 trillion budget he can look at.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And they know that if he does that, then the economy will have greater revenues, like it always does when you tax cut. But in the meantime, he's got to get over this huge deficit, right? And debt, deficit that Biden let. So what does he have to do? He has to cut over a trillion dollars. And there's only about 20% of the budget, the $6 trillion budget he can look at.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And he can't eliminate everything. But unless he looks at defense, $880 billion, there's got to be stuff in there that are DI and junkets. And he can get rid of that. you know, high-priced weaponry that didn't work. So he can find some in that. But he's got to cut enough money so that the deficit shrinks and bondholders and Wall Street look at this and say they are on the right trajectory.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And he can't eliminate everything. But unless he looks at defense, $880 billion, there's got to be stuff in there that are DI and junkets. And he can get rid of that. you know, high-priced weaponry that didn't work. So he can find some in that. But he's got to cut enough money so that the deficit shrinks and bondholders and Wall Street look at this and say they are on the right trajectory.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And he can't eliminate everything. But unless he looks at defense, $880 billion, there's got to be stuff in there that are DI and junkets. And he can get rid of that. you know, high-priced weaponry that didn't work. So he can find some in that. But he's got to cut enough money so that the deficit shrinks and bondholders and Wall Street look at this and say they are on the right trajectory.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

Tax cuts, more revenue will come in next year and the cuts will mean less expenditure. But you've got to sell it politically, and the left does not want it to happen for two reasons. One, it wants Trump to fail so it can be elected in 2026 and 28, and two, Its main source of political strength is the 3 million federal employees.