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Victor Davis Hanson: The Real Unconstitutionality? Undermining the Commander in Chief

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🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In a recent strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, the vessel “was not completely obliterated,” requiring the U.S. military to “finish the job” with a second hit. The Left instantly seized this as an opportunity to call it “an execution of prisoners,” saying that President Donald Trump ordered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth—“or perhaps Pete Hegseth on his own had ordered”—to “kill them all.” Hanson breaks down the Left’s lies and the “Seditious Six’s” call to military members to “refuse illegal orders” on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”   “It's a deliberate effort by the Left to undermine the chain of command and ultimately, the commander in chief itself. And the irony is: All of these senators and representatives and the media are talking about unconstitutionality. What they're doing is unconstitutional.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short 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   👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hourlong podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel and enable notifications: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1   👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com   👉The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: https://secured.dailysignal.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If you are supposed to take out an enemy who is conducting offensive operations against your country,

0:37.3

and that's what's smuggling dangerous drugs that have killed 70,000 people a year is.

0:42.1

And you hit them, and it blows a portion of the boat up.

0:46.0

And then you see people still on the boat and trying to get away.

0:49.6

What do you say then?

0:50.8

Marcus of Queensberry rules apply.

0:52.7

We only get one hit.

0:55.0

And therefore, because you escaped us, we can't do it again? No, we don't do that. The irony is all of these senators

1:00.0

and representatives and the media are talking about unconstitutionality. What they're doing

1:04.6

is unconstitutional. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.

1:21.2

We've had more melodramas in the news about the relations between the Trump administration, the Pentagon,

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