Victor Davis Hanson: Why Won’t Europe Help ‘Rockstar’ Zelenskyy?

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

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Europe treats Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy like a superstar, yet still expects the United States to fund Ukraine’s war against Russia. Is this fair? “ Of all the players in this drama, it's Europe who should be in the driver's seat. They have 500 million people,” says Victor Davis Hanson on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “We have 500 million people in Europe and they're very upset that 330 million people across the ocean will not help 40 million people fighting 140 million people in Russia. In other words, of all the players in this drama, it's Europe who should be in the driver's seat. They have 500 million people. And yet, when we look at their expenditures, nine countries out of the 32, 11 years later, have not increased their NATO contributions to 2%. That's all we're asking for.” 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	I want to talk about Europe very briefly. Europe is greeting Mr. Zelensky as if he's a rock hero
0:35.3	and giving us all sorts of dramatic melodramatic, psychodramatic
0:40.2	pronouncements that they are going their own way because of the Trump isolationism.
0:44.9	But let's look at that issue for a moment. We have 500 million people in Europe and they're
0:50.8	very upset that 330 million people cross the ocean will not help 40 million
0:57.0	people fighting 140 million people in Russia.
1:01.0	In other words, of all the players in this drama, it's Europe who should be in the driver's
1:06.0	seat.
1:07.0	They have 500 million people.
1:20.3	Hello.
1:23.4	This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.
1:25.3	I want to talk about Europe very briefly.
1:30.3	Europe is greeting Mr. Zelensky as if he's a rock hero and giving us all sorts of dramatic, melodramatic, psychodramatic pronouncements that they are
1:37.3	going their own way because of the Trump isolationism and sometimes it's Trump Jacksonianism.
1:43.3	They can't count on us. And Ukraine was the
1:47.0	catalyst, but let's look at that issue for a moment. We have 500 million people in Europe,
1:54.0	and they're very upset that 330 million people across the ocean will not help 40 million people fighting 140 million people in Russia.
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