Victor Davis Hanson on Trump's Counterrevolution and Leftist Resistance

The Scale of Trump's Counterrevolution

• 🚀 Victor Davis Hanson describes the current political shift as the greatest counterrevolution in approximately 90 years, comparable to FDR's New Deal.
• 🎯 Donald Trump is credited with radically changing the political calculus and the nature of government, succeeding in areas where many did not expect him to.

Trump's Key Achievements and Policy Successes

• 🔑 Trump has achieved significant policy wins, including closing the border, deporting over 100,000 criminal illegal aliens, and seeing over 1 million self-deportations.
• 🚫 He has declared war on DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and is winning that argument, as well as barring biological males from women's sports, which he has public support for.
• 🎓 Universities are now being scrutinized for their practices, including federal grant gouging, discrimination in admissions and hiring, and adherence to free speech principles.
• 🌍 Abroad, Iran is no longer an immediate nuclear threat, and groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis are in disarray, while some progress is seen in the Ukrainian war.

Public Reaction and Leftist Anger

• 📈 The success of Trump's counterrevolution, exceeding expectations and proving economists wrong about recessions and trade wars, is a primary reason for public anger.
• 🗣️ The left is angry because Trump is not only succeeding but also attacking the institutions through which they exercise power, even when they don't control government branches.

The Progressive Project's Power Structures

• 📺 The progressive project derives power through institutions like PBS, NPR, cable news, and slanted network news, which are now facing scrutiny and legal ramifications for lies and defamation.
• 📚 Universities, often seen as indoctrinating centers, are facing large fines, taxes on endowments, and attention toward student loans and campus segregation.
• 🏛️ The left also exercises power through bureaucracies and popular culture, even when their agenda is opposed by a majority of the American people.

Future Outlook and Resistance

• 🛠️ Trump aims to reform these power structures, shrink government involvement in media, and scrutinize universities receiving federal funds.
• ⚠️ Hanson warns of a frenzied, unhinged reaction from the left in the coming year, as they recognize the difficulty of pushing an unpopular agenda if this counterrevolution succeeds.
• ⚡ The resistance to Trump's counterrevolution is expected to be fierce and unhinged.