Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Laid Out America’s Comeback While Democrats Sat Silent

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President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address “was more of a variety show” than an address. By highlighting various “tragic cases,” Trump showed Americans two things: “We’re a wonderful patriotic country,” and Democrats’ policies caused some of the tragedies, explains Victor Davis Hanson on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.” “They [Democrats] wouldn't stand for any applause, no matter what the topic was, or no matter whether they agreed with it. … They were all a disaster, to be quite frank.” 👉 The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: http://dailysignal.com/donate 👉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 Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long 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 00:00 SOTU Or Variety Show 01:30 Economy Bullet Points 03:24 Democrats Boycott Backfires 05:49 Polls And Party Optics07:26 Closing Takeaways And 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	We had the State of the Union, as we all know on Tuesday.
0:32.6	It wasn't really a State of the Union address.
0:35.6	It was more of a variety show.
0:38.2	And he brought all of these tragic cases of these people, and they all had one thing in common,
0:43.2	whether it was the family that was impacted by the illegal alien truck driver,
0:48.4	or the sudden entry of the hockey team, or the tragic killing of the Ukrainian immigrant on a train. It was all to show you
0:56.0	two things that were a wonderful patriotic country and the policies of the Democratic opposition
1:02.0	had caused in some cases these tragedies. Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal.
1:19.0	We had the State of the Union, as we all know on Tuesday.
1:22.6	I think all of us were a little apprehensive when we were told it would be the longest state of the union.
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