Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words Victor Davis Hanson: Mike Huckabee Is Right. Christians Better off in Israel Than Qatar
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Feb 24, 2026 They debate Jesse Jackson’s political legacy and why his tactics fell out of favor. They dissect Tucker Carlson’s Israel remarks and critiques of identity tests for Jews. They contrast legal and religious freedom for Christians in Israel with treatment of workers in Qatar. They trace historical human-rights abuses in Islamic slave trades and discuss deplatforming and shifts away from performative woke practices.
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Post Surgery Cancer Test Relief
- Victor Davis Hanson described his recent surgery for a mucinous adenocarcinoma and the anxiety around follow-up testing.
- He explained the Signatera circulating tumor DNA test and how a negative result spared him from prophylactic chemo, easing immediate prognosis concerns.
Tariffs Still Work Outside Emergency Powers
- Hanson argues presidential tariffs remain a viable policy tool despite the Supreme Court limiting emergency authority under a 1977 law.
- He notes a 10% across-the-board tariff could actually be lower than existing targeted tariffs on China and India and would be politically manageable.
Free Trade Lectures Ignore Geopolitics
- Hanson connects trade policy to national reciprocity, arguing unfettered free-market lectures ignore geopolitical and subsidy realities.
- He recounted European agricultural dumping (raisins) that crushed U.S. farmers while Americans bore defense costs, showing market outcomes aren't neutral.