Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Counterrevolution Strategy—Flood the Zone, Drain the Swamp

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

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What exactly is Donald Trump trying to do as he spearheads a counterrevolution just months into his administration? From dismantling the Iran deal and halting illegal immigration, to eliminating DEI mandates and recalibrating America’s domestic and foreign policy strategies—Trump is pushing reforms at an unprecedented pace. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down Trump’s strategy of “flooding the zone,” and the Left’s response, on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “Now, what is Trump's counterstrategy? His counterstrategy is to actually get people on the other side of the aisle in Congress or in the country at large or in the popular culture and try to at least be friendly to them so then they can say, ‘I don't agree with Trump but what he's doing might be needed.’” “ What is the strategy that the Left is using? They're flooding the zone, too. … They're just flooding it with hysteria, the Spartacus talk, late-night comedy trashing him, another person arrested saying that he wants to kill Donald Trump, keying Teslas, firebombing Tesla agencies, outrageous things from Hollywood stars, videos from Congress. 👉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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0:29.7	I thought it might be wise just to see where we are as far as the political landscape and the
0:34.1	dynamics of this counter-revolution. What is Trump trying to do? I would sum it up
0:39.1	is flooding the zone, and that is he's going to try to propose and enact so many radical
0:45.7	corrections or revolutions or reforms or recalibrations that his opposition doesn't know where to
0:52.6	start. He's doing so many radical corrections in a way that a Romney or a McCain or the Bush,
0:59.0	even Reagan would not have dreamed of.
1:02.0	And so what is the strategy that the left is using?
1:05.0	They're flooding the zone too.
1:07.0	They're just flooding it with hysteria.
1:23.4	Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal.
1:30.8	We're about getting close to 90 days and even coming up close in a week, 10 days to the first 100 days of the Trump administration and this counter-revolution that he's waging.
1:36.8	I thought it might be wise just to see where we are as far as the political landscape
1:40.6	and the dynamics of the progress of this counter-revolution. What is Trump trying to do?
1:47.8	I think I would, I don't know, I would sum it up as flooding the zone. And that is he's going to
1:53.9	try to propose and enact so many radical corrections or revolutions or reforms or recalibrations that his opposition
2:05.2	doesn't know where to start. So abroad, he's looking at the Iran deal and he got rid of it. He put
2:11.8	sanctions. He's got maximum pressure. And now the Iranian economy is about defunct and they want to negotiate about this nuclear
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