VDH: Trump, Conservatives Are Faced With ‘Unknown Frontiers.’ Are We Ready To Face Them?

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

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Just like Captain Kirk ventured into uncharted space, America is now stepping into political and economic territory no one thought possible. We’ve been told these ideas were impossible. But now, by doing what the Right has promised for decades, America is breaking every “rule” the expert class clings to. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down what this means for the Trump administration conservative movement on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ On the budget, on the economy, on the universities, on the border—and I could apply this as well to the radical changes in military recruitment, in DEI—no one has ever said, ‘We're going to actually do what conservatives and Republicans have promised for a half-century.’ And when you do that, and you actually carry through your promises, you're in unknown territory. “ 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com (0:00 Exploring the Unknown (0:58) Economic Counterrevolution (2:09) Unexpected Outcomes in Policy and Economy (3:17) Impact on Universities and Education (4:59) Immigration and Border Control (5:40) Boldly Going Where No One Has Gone Before Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	In that 1960s version of the original Star Trek, James T. Kirk, William Shatner,
0:35.6	the captain of the enterprise,, he went out to explore
0:38.7	deep outer space, and the mission statement was in part. To boldly go where no man has gone before.
0:45.0	And then each week you met weird things that no one had anticipated. This counter-revolution
0:49.5	is sort of like that. We've never seen a tariff applied across the board. And apparently we can lower,
0:56.5	and we never thought we could, this $1 trillion deficit. What am I getting at? No one has ever said
1:02.8	we're going to actually do what conservatives and Republicans have promised for a half century.
1:08.5	And when you do that and you actually carry through your promises,
1:12.4	you're in unknown territory.
1:14.4	You're boldly going where no one has gone before.
1:31.0	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal.
1:38.1	In that 1960s version of the original Star Trek, James T. Kirk, William Shatner, the captain of the Enterprise, remember he went out to explore deep outer space, and the mission statement
1:43.9	was in part to go boldly where no one else has gone before.
1:47.8	And then each week you met weird things that no one had anticipated.
1:51.8	This counter-revolutionist sort of like that.
1:54.4	All of the expert opinion hasn't had a good track record simply because they tried to apply old logic to new
2:04.2	explorations that they weren't sure what was happening or why they were happening or if they'd
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