Victor Davis Hanson

He tried to get the military, the Secretary of Defense... opposed him. I mean, you had Jim Mattis at Secretary of Defense and John Kelly. They were not on the MAGA agenda. They weren't. Rex Tillerson was not on the MAGA agenda. He had a team that did not believe that you should stop all illegal immigration. He tried. Then they cherry-picked judges. Then they said that he was putting them in cages.

He tried to get the military, the Secretary of Defense... opposed him. I mean, you had Jim Mattis at Secretary of Defense and John Kelly. They were not on the MAGA agenda. They weren't. Rex Tillerson was not on the MAGA agenda. He had a team that did not believe that you should stop all illegal immigration. He tried. Then they cherry-picked judges. Then they said that he was putting them in cages.

Remember that? I was on an NPR broadcast, and I tried to very carefully say the cages were made by Barack Obama. He inherited them. And they're not cages. They're facilities that if you didn't have that security, you would have no security, given that 90% of the people do not show up for their deportation or their immigration status hearings. And then after I got off...

Remember that? I was on an NPR broadcast, and I tried to very carefully say the cages were made by Barack Obama. He inherited them. And they're not cages. They're facilities that if you didn't have that security, you would have no security, given that 90% of the people do not show up for their deportation or their immigration status hearings. And then after I got off...

Remember that? I was on an NPR broadcast, and I tried to very carefully say the cages were made by Barack Obama. He inherited them. And they're not cages. They're facilities that if you didn't have that security, you would have no security, given that 90% of the people do not show up for their deportation or their immigration status hearings. And then after I got off...

The host that was interviewing me started trashing me, which you never do in journalism. You don't interview anybody. If you want to interview somebody and you don't agree with them, you ask them tough questions. You don't have them go off and then start attacking them when they can't. And that's what happened.

The host that was interviewing me started trashing me, which you never do in journalism. You don't interview anybody. If you want to interview somebody and you don't agree with them, you ask them tough questions. You don't have them go off and then start attacking them when they can't. And that's what happened.

The host that was interviewing me started trashing me, which you never do in journalism. You don't interview anybody. If you want to interview somebody and you don't agree with them, you ask them tough questions. You don't have them go off and then start attacking them when they can't. And that's what happened.

My point is that with all of that, if you look at the last year, he's finally stopped it. He had no more catch and release. You had to apply for refugee status while you were in a different country. He beefed up the Border Patrol, and they were starting to build the new wall, 20, 30 miles. They just started. And then the election happened.

My point is that with all of that, if you look at the last year, he's finally stopped it. He had no more catch and release. You had to apply for refugee status while you were in a different country. He beefed up the Border Patrol, and they were starting to build the new wall, 20, 30 miles. They just started. And then the election happened.

My point is that with all of that, if you look at the last year, he's finally stopped it. He had no more catch and release. You had to apply for refugee status while you were in a different country. He beefed up the Border Patrol, and they were starting to build the new wall, 20, 30 miles. They just started. And then the election happened.

And then Joe Biden, for the first year, if you look at that first year, he was just saying, well, I'm not for illegal. And what I mean is the fumes of the Trump administration had deterred people. Don't go north. But they didn't. And then Joe Biden, somebody said, well, you know, Wait a minute. In 2020, in the primary, he said, come north. Remember that? Hey, everybody, come north.

And then Joe Biden, for the first year, if you look at that first year, he was just saying, well, I'm not for illegal. And what I mean is the fumes of the Trump administration had deterred people. Don't go north. But they didn't. And then Joe Biden, somebody said, well, you know, Wait a minute. In 2020, in the primary, he said, come north. Remember that? Hey, everybody, come north.

And then Joe Biden, for the first year, if you look at that first year, he was just saying, well, I'm not for illegal. And what I mean is the fumes of the Trump administration had deterred people. Don't go north. But they didn't. And then Joe Biden, somebody said, well, you know, Wait a minute. In 2020, in the primary, he said, come north. Remember that? Hey, everybody, come north.

We're not going to do anything. Maybe we'll try it. And they started trying. And then by the second, third, it was off the charts. And then Donald Trump comes in and they say, wow, he didn't do anything in the first 30 days. Yes, he did. But it's just beginning because he's getting the message out that you will be deported.

We're not going to do anything. Maybe we'll try it. And they started trying. And then by the second, third, it was off the charts. And then Donald Trump comes in and they say, wow, he didn't do anything in the first 30 days. Yes, he did. But it's just beginning because he's getting the message out that you will be deported.

We're not going to do anything. Maybe we'll try it. And they started trying. And then by the second, third, it was off the charts. And then Donald Trump comes in and they say, wow, he didn't do anything in the first 30 days. Yes, he did. But it's just beginning because he's getting the message out that you will be deported.

The other really important thing to remember is here's the left's argument. Donald Trump said he was just going to get 500,000 criminals. Well, they're hard to find. But here's the point. You go in, you hear there's two cartel members in an apartment building. And so you go in and one guy's got his nephew there and one guy's got his girlfriend, his buddy but there's no felony record on them.

The other really important thing to remember is here's the left's argument. Donald Trump said he was just going to get 500,000 criminals. Well, they're hard to find. But here's the point. You go in, you hear there's two cartel members in an apartment building. And so you go in and one guy's got his nephew there and one guy's got his girlfriend, his buddy but there's no felony record on them.

The other really important thing to remember is here's the left's argument. Donald Trump said he was just going to get 500,000 criminals. Well, they're hard to find. But here's the point. You go in, you hear there's two cartel members in an apartment building. And so you go in and one guy's got his nephew there and one guy's got his girlfriend, his buddy but there's no felony record on them.