Victor Davis Hanson on DEI, counter revolutions and why Trump is a 'tragic hero'

Americano

The Spectator

Politics, News, News Commentary

4 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Victor Davis Hanson joins Spectator TV to talk about the first 101 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, describing it as a bold counterrevolution against decades of cultural, political, and economic drift. He discusses Trump’s sweeping agenda—from closing the border and challenging DEI initiatives to confronting foreign policy orthodoxy and trade imbalances—framing it as a populist backlash against elite institutions and progressive ideologies. Hanson highlights the deepening divide between America's coastal elites and its working class, and argues that Trump's unorthodox style and aggressive reforms are reshaping the political landscape in ways not seen in modern American history

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0:00.0	We are heading into perhaps the most consequential local election in recent memory.
0:05.0	Forecasters are expecting big gains for reform in the Lib Dems and a bad showing for Labour and the Tories.
0:09.8	Could we be looking at the end of the two-party system?
0:12.6	To make sense of what comes next, please do come along to our local elections shake-up event.
0:17.6	Join the spectators panel and special guests, Sir Jacob Reesmog and Zia Yusuf, as they
0:22.3	analyse the results on the 7th of May at the Emanuel Centre in Westminster. For tickets, go to
0:27.7	www.com.com.com.com slash local elections live. Hello and welcome to the Americano podcast, a series of discussions about American politics, power and prejudices.
0:48.2	It is 2025 and Donald Trump is president once again of the United States. We will, of course, be following
0:56.4	the moves of the Donald and his second administration very closely. However, it won't just be
1:02.5	politics for us this year. We'll also talk a lot and cover American culture, life and the arts.
1:10.0	I should also remind you, because my producer Natasha
1:12.7	will not let me hear the end of it, that we are on Spectator TV. So head to our YouTube
1:18.4	channel to watch that. Today we are going to be talking about what is now 101 days of Donald
1:26.1	Trump's second presidency. and what an extraordinary period in American
1:32.3	history it has been. The various media attempts to summarize it all seem to fall short,
1:41.2	because there's just so much going on on so many fronts. It is, as my guest today,
1:48.2	Victor Davis Hansen, the classicist and scholar, has described it, a counter-revolution,
1:53.7	and it's a counter-revolution across all fronts. Victor, thank you very much for coming on to
1:59.7	Americano again.
2:01.3	Thank you for having me.
2:02.8	I just want to start by asking you, this term counter-revolution, you've used it in your writing about the second Trump presidency.
2:13.2	What exactly do you mean by it?
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