The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Counterrevolution Strategy—Flood the Zone, Drain the Swamp

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Starting point is 00:00:25 We'd love to talk. Business. I thought it might be wise just to see where we are as far as the political landscape and the dynamics of this counter-revolution. What is Trump trying to do? I would sum it up is flooding the zone. And that is, he's going to try to propose and enact so many radical corrections or revolutions or reforms or recalibrations that his opposition doesn't know where to start. He's doing so many radical corrections in a way that Romney or McCain or the Bush, even Reagan, even Reagan. would not have dreamed of. And so what is the strategy that the left is using? They're flooding the zone, too.

Starting point is 00:01:06 They're just flooding it with hysteria. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We're about getting close to 90 days and even coming up close in a week, 10 days to the first 100 days of the Trump administration. And this counter-revolution that he's waging, I thought it might be wise just to see where we are as far as the political landscape and the dynamics of the progress of this counter-revolution. What is Trump trying to do? I think I would, I don't know, I would sum it up as flooding the zone, and that is he's going to try to propose and enact so many radical corrections or revolutions or reforms or recalibrations that his opposition doesn't know where to start.

Starting point is 00:02:07 So abroad, he's looking at the Iran deal, and he got rid of it, he put sanctions, he's got maximum pressure, and now the Iranian economy is about defunct, and they want to negotiate about this nuclear weapon. I don't think they're going to negotiate it away, but we'll see. And then he's dealing with Zelensky and Putin and trying to get a ceasefire. He's basically dealt with the hoot. He's on the domestic front. there is no more illegal immigration. He's basically stopped it. Now the task is what to do with the 12 million illegal aliens that came under Biden, and what do you do with the 20 million plus, maybe

Starting point is 00:02:44 30 that were here already illegally, but for a longer period of time? At the same time, he's had a blanket mandate that in every cabinet they will eliminate diversity, equity, inclusion. And by association, things like transsexual biological males competing in women's sports, women, lowering the physical standards so women could compete and pass these very rigorous endurance physical tests so that they would be in combat units on an equal level. No problem that they can't, but they have to have the same physical requirements as men. I could go on, but you see what he's doing. He's doing so many radical corrections in a way that a Romney or a McCain or the Bush, even Reagan would not have dreamed of, that he feels the opposition will say, well, what will we do?

Starting point is 00:03:40 Should we reply here? Do we put our interest here? Should we do this? And so what is the strategy that the left is using? They're flooding the zone too. They're flooding the zone too, but they're doing it not with counter proposals. They don't say, this is what's wrong with closing the border and we want to reopen it. This is what's wrong with the Houthi policy. This is what's wrong with the trade deficit. This is what's wrong. No specific proposal. They're just flooding it with hysteria. The Spartacus talk. Late night comedy, trashing him. Another person arrested saying that he wants to kill Donald Trump. King Tesla's. firebombing Tesla agencies, outrageous things from Hollywood stars, videos from Congress.

Starting point is 00:04:30 All of a sudden, we didn't even know who Jasmine Crockett was. She's filled that void. But what I'm saying is they want to be so rambunctious, so crazy, so 360 degrees unhinged, that they'll create an image or a Maloo where everybody wants to get almost in a fetal position. Please, please, make it all go away. I don't know what Trump is doing, but it's so disturbing. Everybody's so angry. That is their strategy.

Starting point is 00:04:59 Now, what is Trump counter strategy? This counter strategy is to actually get people on the other side of the aisle in Congress or in the country at large or in the popular culture and try to at least be friendly to them. So then they can say, I don't agree. with Trump, but what he's doing might be needed. So we have Bill Maher going to Marlago and actually saying very nice things about Donald Trump. On the one hand, we have RFK fighting a bulwark of the left at one time, fighting with left-wing people who were calling him all sorts of names and saying that he's illiberal. We had Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan. She was in the White House. Can you believe it?

Starting point is 00:05:47 She was so embarrassed about a photo op. She had almost to cover her face. But you can see, what Trump is doing. He's trying to get people from all sides of the Democratic and liberal progressive movement and not compromise them, that get in the picture. So then the left will say, well, how can we appeal to the public and get them all angry and frenzy and hysterical when some of our major celebrities, our political figures, are in Marlago? Who's going to win? We'll see. Thank you very much. This is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal. Thank you for tuning in to the Daily Signal. Please like, share, and subscribe to be notified for more content like this.

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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Counterrevolution Strategy—Flood the Zone, Drain the Swamp

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