Victor Davis Hanson: The Quiet Economic Boom of Trump 2.0

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🗓️ 6 June 2025

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Victor Davis Hanson analyzes why the Trump budget may be triggering a quiet economic reboot on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ The economy is doing very, very well. And a lot of it is the expectation of the things that are in process. The $10 trillion of foreign investment. This extensions of the tax cuts. Incentives for investment, in the new budget. “ Especially with the economy, it's being rebooted. It's being redirected in ways that economists are not even able to figure out. Because, we haven't done this before. And the net result might be that we're going to make progress both in the expansion of the economy and through growth in federal revenues cut down these deficits.” (0:00) Introduction: The Trump Budget in the Senate (0:03) Fiscal Debates and Tax Cuts (1:56) Economic Indicators and Market Reactions (2:47) Trade Deficits and Border Policies (3:46) Economic Growth and Federal Revenue (5:28)Revolutionary Developments in the Economy (5:56) Conclusion and Final Thoughts 👉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://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://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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.8	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:07.4	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:10.8	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:17.2	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all. Now that's term time working.
0:22.6	Offered at Amazon.
0:24.6	10 weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:26.6	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:28.6	Conditions apply.
0:29.6	The Trump budget is making its way through the Senate and people on both sides of the issue of fiscal sobriety are kind of arguing because the Biden
0:39.9	deficit doesn't seem to be radically reduced given the doge cuts are kind of offset by not
0:46.8	cutting other programs that came in under Biden.
0:49.7	And more importantly, there are some tax cuts that suggest either there won't be the
0:54.0	sizable budget
0:55.1	deficit reduction as promised by the Trump administration, or it won't occur to later
1:00.1	on.
1:01.1	But there is a wild card here.
1:02.5	We saw these gyrations in the stock market, recession, slow growth, market uncertainty,
1:07.9	trade wars.
1:08.9	But if you actually look at the data, two things pop out at you.
1:23.6	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal.
1:35.8	The Trump budget is making its way through the Senate, and people on both sides of the issue of fiscal sobriety are kind of arguing,
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