Victor Davis Hanson: Critics Slam Trump’s Economic Plan—but Offer No Alternative
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The Daily Signal
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🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:29.7 | I'd like to talk about the economy and politics very quickly. Whether you like it or I like it |
| 0:35.8 | or whether the administration likes it, the success or |
| 0:38.3 | failure of Donald Trump will hinge on the status of the economy. I'll rank everything. |
| 0:43.3 | So here's my question, though. When Cory Booker stands up for 25 hours, does he give an alternate |
| 0:49.3 | agenda on the economy? Does Nancy Pelosi talk about the economy? She used to. We haven't had |
| 0:55.0 | balanced trade for 50 years. No one is giving any alternatives. No one is talking in any way |
| 1:02.0 | that they have an antithetical and a better plan than Donald Trump. It's just attack Trump, |
| 1:06.0 | Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. I'd like to talk about the |
| 1:22.8 | economy and politics very quickly. Whether you like it or I like it, or whether the administration |
| 1:29.6 | likes it, or whether the Congress, or whether people like it, the success or failure of Donald |
| 1:35.8 | Trump will hinge on the status of the economy, it will overshadow the miraculous achievement |
| 1:42.2 | on the border where he went from a rate of about 2 million people a year |
| 1:48.5 | to almost zero illegal immigration. It will even outrank the question of peace and stability in Ukraine or the Middle East. |
| 1:57.0 | It'll outrank everything. So here's my question. There is now outrage, hysteria, |
| 2:04.1 | over the last 24 hours to 48 hours that Donald Trump has outlined his tariff program |
| 2:11.8 | to bring down the nearly $1 trillion trade deficit. And the stock market has taken hits. So here's my |
| 2:21.3 | question, though. When Cory Booker stands up for 25 hours, does he give an alternate agenda on the |
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