Victor Davis Hanson: What the Left Gets Wrong About Trump-Putin Summit

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

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Victor Davis Hanson puts the summit in historical perspective and compares Trump’s diplomacy to past U.S. presidents on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ It begs the question, do you have any collective memory? The Ukraine war started when Vladimir Putin invaded the Crimea and Donbas under the presidency of Barack Obama. Remember the hot mic in Seoul, where he said, 'Tell Vladimir that if he gives me space for my last election, I'll be flexible on missile defense'? Do you remember that? He also invaded, as you remember, in Joe Biden's tenure. He tried to take Kyiv. He didn't during Donald Trump's four years. “ All I'm asking them is, please give us an alternative strategy. How long do you wanna fight? Who is gonna fight? How many deaths, wounded are you willing to incur to push Vladimir Putin all the way back to where he was prior to the invasion of 2014, when Barack Obama allowed him to come in? Just a question.” 👉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://www.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://www.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) A Storm of Criticism (1:31) Comparing Past Leaders (1:46) European Leaders Unite (2:18) The Left's Criticism and Questions (3:44) Finland's Historical Lesson (6:19) The Left’s Alternative Strategies? (6:51) Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.5	on Alaska. And then that meeting was met with a storm of criticism from the left.
0:38.5	Senators, congressmen, pundits. They said that he'd given in too much for Putin. Putin had
0:43.2	dominated him. Putin was going to do this to him and that. They kind of forgot the idea
0:47.0	that Putin came to the United States soil, not vice versa. Within, I don't know, 48 hours he
0:53.0	had arranged for the major heads of state of Europe to fly all the way without much notice to meet with him along with Ukrainian President Zelensky.
1:01.0	And they all were on the same page. They were all very complimentary. And yet the left still was angry about this. I don't know what they want.
1:09.0	What does the left want when they're so critical of this rapprochement
1:13.6	between Europe and the United States and a collective front against Putin?
1:17.6	Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hanson for the Daily Signal.
1:32.4	Last week, Donald Trump completed his summit with Vladimir Putin on Alaska.
1:38.3	They both gave, as I said earlier, brief statements for the press, no questions.
1:43.4	And then that meeting was met with a storm of criticism from the left, from senators, congressmen, pundits.
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