Victor Davis Hanson

We build 140 aircraft carriers of various classifications. And what I'm getting at is what Roosevelt did, the socialist, he said, I'm not going to be a socialist anymore during the war. You, Henry Ford, you, Henry Kaiser, you, William Knudsen, you go out and make bombers and liberty ships. And make a profit, but you've got to have the United States' interest.

We build 140 aircraft carriers of various classifications. And what I'm getting at is what Roosevelt did, the socialist, he said, I'm not going to be a socialist anymore during the war. You, Henry Ford, you, Henry Kaiser, you, William Knudsen, you go out and make bombers and liberty ships. And make a profit, but you've got to have the United States' interest.

And I think that's what Trump's doing with Andreessen and David Sachs and even to a degree Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. He said, I will protect you when the Europeans go after you or the Chinese cheat on you. But I want you to invest here and I want your abilities to be in service of America. And I want your rockets and your Facebook and your investments and anything you make, create jobs here first.

And I think that's what Trump's doing with Andreessen and David Sachs and even to a degree Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. He said, I will protect you when the Europeans go after you or the Chinese cheat on you. But I want you to invest here and I want your abilities to be in service of America. And I want your rockets and your Facebook and your investments and anything you make, create jobs here first.

And it's kind of an appeal to a nationals patriotic element. I think a lot of the billionaire entrepreneurs are starting to react to it.

And it's kind of an appeal to a nationals patriotic element. I think a lot of the billionaire entrepreneurs are starting to react to it.

Yeah, I've been there for 21 years in the fall, and I'm going to give the graduation speech in May, May 10th. So I'm looking forward to it. It's a wonderful place. First day I got there, I noticed two things that nobody locked their bike up. And there wasn't one book in the bookstore that had a dash studies, no environmental studies, gender studies, race studies.

Yeah, I've been there for 21 years in the fall, and I'm going to give the graduation speech in May, May 10th. So I'm looking forward to it. It's a wonderful place. First day I got there, I noticed two things that nobody locked their bike up. And there wasn't one book in the bookstore that had a dash studies, no environmental studies, gender studies, race studies.

It was all regular courses of the old style, math, science, literature, history, philosophy.

It was all regular courses of the old style, math, science, literature, history, philosophy.

Yeah, I came back and wrote a column and said, I think he's going to win. That's right. I remember this. I saw them everywhere. And I saw a guy painting the side of his barn. I got off and I thought somebody was vandalizing it. I didn't see the Trump, just part of the T. I ran over there and he was very nice. He just said, I can do whatever I want to my blank, blank barn.

Yeah, I came back and wrote a column and said, I think he's going to win. That's right. I remember this. I saw them everywhere. And I saw a guy painting the side of his barn. I got off and I thought somebody was vandalizing it. I didn't see the Trump, just part of the T. I ran over there and he was very nice. He just said, I can do whatever I want to my blank, blank barn.

And I said, well, what are you doing? I'm curious. He said, I'm painting the word Trump. So that was... I thought he had a chance. I really did, and I wrote that.

And I said, well, what are you doing? I'm curious. He said, I'm painting the word Trump. So that was... I thought he had a chance. I really did, and I wrote that.

And here where I live in the San Joaquin Valley, a lot of Hispanic males, especially, even as early as 2016, I was just stunned that so many of them in building, construction, agriculture were going to vote Trump for a variety of reasons.

And here where I live in the San Joaquin Valley, a lot of Hispanic males, especially, even as early as 2016, I was just stunned that so many of them in building, construction, agriculture were going to vote Trump for a variety of reasons.

Well, I think the way to look at it is long-term and short-term. Almost every country that we export with, we're running a deficit with. I mean, in terms of now as a farmer and, say, almonds with India, and they have tariffs, and they're very tough people. So if they retaliate, the easiest thing they're going to do is say, we're not going to allow almonds in without a 40%.

Well, I think the way to look at it is long-term and short-term. Almost every country that we export with, we're running a deficit with. I mean, in terms of now as a farmer and, say, almonds with India, and they have tariffs, and they're very tough people. So if they retaliate, the easiest thing they're going to do is say, we're not going to allow almonds in without a 40%.

And they already have tariffs, but not that high. But long term, if you were able to achieve parity and we took a short term hit and you were able to tell India and China and the Europeans, we're not going to let in this, this, this, unless you let our soybeans or almonds or cheese in at the same rate that we let yours. And it would be it would be kind of fantastic. It really would.

And they already have tariffs, but not that high. But long term, if you were able to achieve parity and we took a short term hit and you were able to tell India and China and the Europeans, we're not going to let in this, this, this, unless you let our soybeans or almonds or cheese in at the same rate that we let yours. And it would be it would be kind of fantastic. It really would.