Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Message to Putin: You Blew It.

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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In this episode, Hanson explains what Trump is really signaling: that his strategy was always about making peace through strength — not appeasement. And now that Putin is throwing that opportunity away, the world sees who truly wants war. “ I think what Vladimir Putin thinks, that he's going to continue the war; continue the terror campaign; get greater concessions from the Europeans, the Americans, and the Ukrainians; and move the battle lines a little bit to the west. And I think he's sorely mistaken. He's misreading Donald Trump. “If I was Vladimir Putin, I would cut a deal today. And then, I would resume natural gas and oil shipments to Europe. I would open the economy back up. And I would tell the Russian people what you did. … And that's a lot better—it's not a good scenario, but it's a lot better than another Stalingrad or Verdun or Somme for the next two years for Russia.” 👉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 0:00 New Developments in the Ukraine War 0:12 Trump's Reaction to Putin's Escalation 0:43 The Proposed Deal and Its Breakdown 3:19 Putin's Justification for Continuing the War 5:23 The Misreading of Trump 6:55 Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	There's been a new development, a new phase in the Ukraine war. More recently, Vladimir Putin has escalated his attacks on civilian targets,
0:38.3	and this has solicited an angry response from Donald Trump.
0:42.3	He said, Vladimir's acting crazy.
0:44.3	The left went kind of ecstatic, and they said Trump finally came around to our point of view.
0:48.3	It was all Putin's fault.
0:50.3	What Trump is really doing is saying to the world,
0:53.3	if we had followed your lead and put pressure
0:55.9	only on Vladimir Putin, we would have never got a deal. They would have said the United States
1:01.1	was a two pro-Ukrainian. The Russians would be seen as sympathetic to parts of the world.
1:07.4	I came in and was willing to give him a chance. And now the world sees that he doesn't want that chance.
1:13.6	The next question is why would flatter who pass up a deal?
1:16.6	Hello, this is Victor Davis HansHansson for The Daily Signal.
1:31.7	There's been a new development, a new phase in the Ukraine war.
1:35.7	I know we've talked about it before, but more recently Vladimir Putin has escalated his attacks,
1:42.0	not so much on the battlefront per se, but on civilian targets
1:45.9	that he's hitting with missiles and drones far east, far west is Kiev. And this has solicited
1:53.3	an angry response from Donald Trump. I think the subtext of Donald Trump is, well, wait a minute,
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