Victor Davis Hanson Helps Make Sense of a Confusing World
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Who is Victor Davis Hanson and why is he significant?
Hey everybody, an entire conversation with the legend, Victor Davis Hanson. If you're a little confused what's going on with the Trump administration, Victor Davis Hanson will make sense of it. He's a professor. He's a classicist. He's a philosopher. He understands these ideas and concepts and explains them so crisply. So find something good to do. Find a nice beverage of your choosing, hopefully non-alcoholic, and listen to this episode and enjoy it. Because Victor Davis Hanson makes sense of a confusing world and helps you navigate the brilliance of the Trump administration. Victor Davis Hanson is one of the premier, if not the most important, public intellectuals of this generation. Get involved with Turning Point USA at tpusa.com.
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What are Trump's tariff policies and their implications?
Joining us for the entire hour is the legend, someone that I listen to every week. I try to read almost everything he publishes, is Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Victor, great to see you. Thank you for taking the time.
Thank you for having me.
So, Victor, you have had some phenomenal commentary lately on President Trump's tariff policy and how we should think about this through national security and the reindustrialization of America terms. Please explain to our audience what your take is on President Trump's tariff announcement.
Well, it's very incumbent upon him and his team to talk in terms of symmetry and parity and to emphasize that his wish would be a tariff-free world. But unfortunately, that's been only half true, that the United States is the only country in the world with such low tariffs and has essentially a free market. And that was... during the post-war era when we were rebuilding Europe and deterring the communist world. But 80 years later, the United States is facing $37 trillion in debt, $2-3 billion in interest per year, a $1.7 trillion dollar budget deficit and almost over most years, over a billion dollar, excuse me, a trillion dollars in trade deficits. So what we're asking for is not asymmetry, but just parity.
And that would mean I don't even think Donald Trump and his team have said we need parity right now. Just to take one example, they would say to Mexico, you were part of a free trade North American continent. What happened? You're running 50 and then 80 and then 100, then 150. Now you're running 177. billion-dollar annual trade deficit. You're a conduit for the communist Chinese to get around tariff policies, which are asymmetrical in their favor. And this is in addition to you have $63 billion coming to your country in remittances, most of whom are people here, are from whom people are here illegally, and they're subsidized by our own welfare system. And then there's some $20 to $30 billion in excess
that's estimated to come from smuggling in the cartel's fentanyl trade, which was killed. That's not the behavior of a good neighbor, and we're just asking for parity.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who is Victor Davis Hanson and why is he significant?
0:00–1:51
2
What are Trump's tariff policies and their implications?
1:51–5:05
3
How did tariffs shape American history?
5:05–10:25
4
Why did free trade become dominant in US policy?
10:25–15:36
5
What is the impact of deindustrialization on the US?
15:36–21:47
6
Can the US rebuild its manufacturing sector?
21:47–29:51
7
How is Trump attempting to revitalize American industry?
29:51–36:23
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