Victor Davis Hanson: Where Does MAGA Come From?

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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On this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson explores the historical roots and evolution of the 'Make America Great Again' (MAGA) movement. Understand the unique strategies Donald Trump employed to unite diverse groups and achieve political success. Please go to https://victorhanson.com/ for Victor's lastets content! “First of all, remember, it's not all that different, in its core, from doctrinaire republicanism, in this sense. It, professes to be fiscally sound. It wants low taxes, limited government, and conservative values, in the sense of culture and tradition, patriotism.” “Donald Trump added to it was: We were not going to nation build abroad. We're not taking people out of East Palestine, Ohio and sending them over to spend billions of dollars, and lose their lives in God awful places, like Fallujah ,where people don't appreciate it.” “In fact, when we have 16% of the population that's foreign born, and that's almost 55 million people, he has called for a reduction or at least a breathing spell in legal immigration. That's ignited another tension or paradox or conflict between the MAGA people, who do not want any more than, say, 200,000 legal immigrants, and the Silicon Valley converts who want these work visas for skilled coders and people in Silicon Valley.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2	Where did Maga come from? Well Ronald Reagan used the term in 1980, Make America Gray,
0:34.5	Bill Clinton used it in 1992. In 2011, Donald Trump wrote a book that his subtitle was Make America Great.
0:42.5	Where did this come from?
0:43.9	This MAGA agenda.
0:45.0	Hello, I'm Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal.
1:00.4	As we approach inauguration day, there's been a lot of talk about the inconsistencies or the
1:06.5	paradoxes of Donald Trump's MAGA agenda. We've mentioned them in the past. We do not want to be isolationists, but we don't want to be interventionist. And those are sometimes in tension and conflict. Donald Trump has promised a lot of tax cuts to service, some service workers, tips, no taxes on tips, no taxes on Social Security,
1:30.3	and yet he has promised to be a deficit hawk and get close to a balanced budget by the end of his turn.
1:36.3	In addition to that, he has suggested that we have to close the border and stop illegal immigration.
1:46.0	In fact, when we have 16% of the population that it's foreign-born, and that's almost 55 million people, he has called for a reduction, or at least a breathing spell in legal immigration.
1:59.0	That's ignited another tension or paradox or conflict between
2:03.5	the MAGA people who do not want any more than, say, 200,000 legal immigrants and the Silicon
2:10.6	Valley converts who want these work visas for skilled coders and people in Silicon Valley.
2:19.3	All of this is just a premium every.
2:20.7	Where did MAGA come from?
2:22.5	Well, Ronald Reagan used a term in 1980, Make America Great.
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