Victor Davis Hanson

And the idea was that the middle class, and you could see it when Hillary Clinton went to West Virginia and she said, we're going to get you guys out of business.

And the idea was that the middle class, and you could see it when Hillary Clinton went to West Virginia and she said, we're going to get you guys out of business.

Well, it was the idea that we were going to be the brain of the world and the world would be the body, and the body was inferior, and that we were going to make so much money that it would trickle down to everybody in their 401ks and everything. And you saw that the vocabulary adjusted. Joe Biden said that people had to learn to code if they were minors or something.

Well, it was the idea that we were going to be the brain of the world and the world would be the body, and the body was inferior, and that we were going to make so much money that it would trickle down to everybody in their 401ks and everything. And you saw that the vocabulary adjusted. Joe Biden said that people had to learn to code if they were minors or something.

Hillary said something the same thing in West Virginia. We had this... kind of thinly veiled class disparagement vocabulary, irredeemables, you know, clingers, chomps, dregs, etc. So there was a kind of a demonization as if they were the losers of globalization. And there was a geographical element to it. It was in the interior of the United States. The

Hillary said something the same thing in West Virginia. We had this... kind of thinly veiled class disparagement vocabulary, irredeemables, you know, clingers, chomps, dregs, etc. So there was a kind of a demonization as if they were the losers of globalization. And there was a geographical element to it. It was in the interior of the United States. The

And then the two blue coasts were going to be, were all Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, federal government, big banks, corporate headquarters, Silicon Valley. These were going to be leading the United States and we were going to kind of be the tail or the drag force. you know, farming, mining, getting your hands dirty, extraction, production, assembly, manufacturing.

And then the two blue coasts were going to be, were all Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, federal government, big banks, corporate headquarters, Silicon Valley. These were going to be leading the United States and we were going to kind of be the tail or the drag force. you know, farming, mining, getting your hands dirty, extraction, production, assembly, manufacturing.

It wasn't really necessary. And then, of course, we started to notice things, Charlie, that we were producing one warship a year and the China was a month and they were producing over 200. And we, during COVID, we looked for our pharmaceuticals, masks, all these things we thought were mundane and trivial. And suddenly these countries were saying, well, we don't know if we're going to

It wasn't really necessary. And then, of course, we started to notice things, Charlie, that we were producing one warship a year and the China was a month and they were producing over 200. And we, during COVID, we looked for our pharmaceuticals, masks, all these things we thought were mundane and trivial. And suddenly these countries were saying, well, we don't know if we're going to

ship it to you this week or not. And so we realized that our grandfathers were not stupid, that they wanted to be self-sufficient in the stuff of civilization, food, energy, housing, materials, ships, military equipment.

ship it to you this week or not. And so we realized that our grandfathers were not stupid, that they wanted to be self-sufficient in the stuff of civilization, food, energy, housing, materials, ships, military equipment.

And so I think we're kind of... We're questioning in that, that we thought we were so wealthy that the financial sectors and the globalization was going to carry us, and now suddenly... we're $37 trillion in debt. And people are saying, well, maybe our grandfathers were not that bad off because they were producing the stuff that civilization and life needs.

And so I think we're kind of... We're questioning in that, that we thought we were so wealthy that the financial sectors and the globalization was going to carry us, and now suddenly... we're $37 trillion in debt. And people are saying, well, maybe our grandfathers were not that bad off because they were producing the stuff that civilization and life needs.

It is because you see that it's not just a bunch of people mindlessly on an assembly line putting widgets together. It requires the most sophisticated robotics, artificial intelligence. And those are areas that we excel in. So when you start to see these people building these huge power plants, mostly by natural gas and AI plants, that technology can be married with assembly.

It is because you see that it's not just a bunch of people mindlessly on an assembly line putting widgets together. It requires the most sophisticated robotics, artificial intelligence. And those are areas that we excel in. So when you start to see these people building these huge power plants, mostly by natural gas and AI plants, that technology can be married with assembly.

So even though we have a fossilized 1.6 fertility rate, you can get an American and marry him with machines in assembly, in manufacturing, even in things like housing now, where you see entire walls made in factories, you know, the studs and everything, and then brought to the site and they're pre-assembled. And so we're very innovative and it's time that we could do both very well. And

So even though we have a fossilized 1.6 fertility rate, you can get an American and marry him with machines in assembly, in manufacturing, even in things like housing now, where you see entire walls made in factories, you know, the studs and everything, and then brought to the site and they're pre-assembled. And so we're very innovative and it's time that we could do both very well. And

It's kind of interesting what Trump is doing. He's kind of emulating very quickly the War Production Board. You know, we were the 17th largest army in the world. At the end of 1945, we had 12 million people, almost the size of the Soviet Union's army, and we had the largest navy in the world. But it was the largest navy ever. in the sense of greater than all the navies put together.

It's kind of interesting what Trump is doing. He's kind of emulating very quickly the War Production Board. You know, we were the 17th largest army in the world. At the end of 1945, we had 12 million people, almost the size of the Soviet Union's army, and we had the largest navy in the world. But it was the largest navy ever. in the sense of greater than all the navies put together.