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On this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson unpacks South Africa’s racialist policies and its attempt to leverage U.S. generosity while showing open hostility. “ T his is not the South Africa that we used to know. But it was running on the fumes of Mandelaism. At the United Nations, it’s hostile to the United States. It takes advantage of the free trade agreement to run up a...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: According to a new poll, the majority of Americans believe the nation is headed in the right direction for the first time. The Trump administration threatens to cancel existing contracts with Harvard University over its continued discriminatory policies. President Trump and the King of England talk Canada. Subscribe to The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Last week’s killings of two Israeli embassy employees in the name of “Free Palestine” is just another sad example of how the Left has lowered the bar for the justification of political violence.    Endemic antisemitism continues to spread on college campus across America because the people responsible, DEI proponents and recipients, feel that they are untouchable, argues Victor Davis Hanson on tod...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: President Trump speaks at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. The Big, Beautiful Bill is out of the House and in trouble in the Senate…but not doomed. Speaker Johnson hits CBS Face the Nation, while a CBS News reporter yells at college students. Subscribe to The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tony-kinnet...

Donald Trump is the first U.S. President in over 30 years who is seriously talking about reducing the country’s budget deficit, trade deficit and yes, the national debt, which has ballooned to over $37 trillion.    However, he must follow a specific formula, otherwise, it will end in tragedy, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”     “Jermone Pow...

Nigel Biggar, who faced cancel culture for his efforts to reexamine the narrative demonizing the British empire, opens up about the ideological commitments behind cancel culture. He says the Left's "repressive" desire to silence "anyone who disagrees" is part of a "really, really bad religion," in which people mistake themselves for God. Subscribe to The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podc...

CNN’s Jake Tapper helped promulgate one of the greatest cover-ups in American history. Just because he decided to write a book four years later saying everything to the contrary doesn’t change that. Nothing will, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:” “For the last four years, again and again and again, if anybody questioned the obvious mental dec...

On today’s Top News in 10, we sit down with Rebecca Downs of Townhall.com to discuss two key reasons the left and its media arm are in total collapse. Subscribe to The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tony-kinnett-cast/id1714879044⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don't forget our other shows: Virginia Allen's Problematic Women:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.dailysigna...

Symbolically, the closure speaks volumes. Victor Davis Hanson walks us through the troubling legacy left behind at the FBI HQ on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ Robert Mueller, a former FBI director, was the head of the Special Counsel's Office. Remember that? And he had the dream team—the all-stars, a hunter/killer team—with the Left. He was almost giddy about that t...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: President Trump humiliates South African President Ramaphosa as the media lose their minds. The Big, Beautiful Bill is out of committee and onto the House floor. Unsatisfied with only wrecking Democrats in the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State Marco Rubio drops by the House Foreign Affairs Committee for seconds. Full interview with Rep. James...

On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson,” Hanson says that Trump is promoting security through economic cooperation and criticized the neoconservative legacy of endless wars. “ What Donald Trump is trying to say is: Let's just not get into politics. Let's not get into offending foreign leaders. … Not to lecture them, but to create economic matrices, nexuses, in which people find that it's in th...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: Secretary of State Rubio dukes it out with Senator Chris Van Hollen. President Trump announces “Golden Dome” missile defense system. The Supreme Court delivers back-to-back victories for the Trump administration. Subscribe to The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tony-kinnett-cast/id1714879044⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don't for...

There are more mysteries than answers surrounding the Biden team. Why did Joe Biden's medical team announce right now—on the eve of the release of “Original Sin”—this shocking story that the president, who just left office 100 days ago, was suffering from a very seriously rare, malignant form of prostate cancer, asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: Dem. Rep. LaMonica McIver federally charged with assault. Fallout from the Biden collapse scandal gets worse. Putin & Zelensky are set to begin peace talks with President Trump and possibly Pope Leo XIV. Subscribe to The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tony-kinnett-cast/id1714879044⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don't forget our oth...

One of the most important reasons President Donald Trump won in 2024 was his very convincing case that the Biden family was corrupt.    The president should act swiftly and make certain to an already hostile media that Qatar’s gift, the ‘palace in the sky’, is in keeping with ethical standards, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”   “It would be...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: Former President Joe Biden’s diagnosis with advanced cancer is announced. The audio from the Biden/Hur interview is released by Axios. An anti-natalist terrorist dies in his own car-bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs. Subscribe to The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tony-kinnett-cast/id1714879044⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Gaza will never become an independent nation, Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter says.   “There's not going to be an independent sovereign state other than Israel west of the Jordan River,” Leiter told The Daily Signal.   “There could be all sorts of autonomous arrangements,” he said, “but there's not going to be an independent sovereign Palestinian state west of the Jordan River. It's j...

Why did the DNC, White House staffers and even seasoned journalists lie to the American people when they decided to run cover for Joe Biden?   It's not enough just to say, “Politics. We want power.” What was the strategy to make you do something so egregious, asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”   “The same existential is why do all these reporter...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: The Supreme Court finally begins oral arguments on nationwide injunctions. Walmart announces price hikes as President Trump concludes a whirlwind Middle Eastern tour. Former FBI Director James Comey makes a post about “86ing" the president. Special thanks to Virginia Allen, Bradley Devlin, Tim Kennedy, and John Popp for their excellent work keeping the show run...

Iran Thinks They Can Outlast Trump. Can They?    President Donald Trump embarked on his first major foreign trip to the Middle East this week, making stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.    The goal? Replacing “strife” with “money,” bring Iran into the fold, and drop hostilities towards Israel. An ambitious agenda, maybe too ambitious, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s ed...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: President Trump has secured another big deal in the Middle East - this time with Qatar.  The co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s interrupted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while the HHS Secretary testified before members of Congress on Capitol Hill.  And California Gov. Gavin Newsom is blaming Trump for the state’s budget deficit. Subscribe to The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

President Trump is making big news in Saudi Arabia, his first stop on his first major foreign trip of his second term.  The bad news cycle for former President Joe Biden just gets worse. (Bad News Biden) And a Republican Lawmaker is trying to hold Democrat lawmakers accountable for allegedly storming an ICE facility with protestors in New Jersey.  I am not Tony Kinett, but Bradley Devlin, Politics...

It’s time to sett the record straight on “The Media.” More than 100 days since starting his second term, and the corporate media has nothing good to say about President Donald Trump, and his administration.  Elon Musk received negative coverage 96% of the time on evening news, according to an April study conducted by the Media Research Center.  Why did the media go from loving Sen. John Fetterman...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: Stock markets soar after details from the U.S./China deal emerge. South African migrants draw scorn from leftists for being white. President Trump draws fire over a $400 million Qatari 747. Subscribe to The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tony-kinnett-cast/id1714879044⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for...

Trump is sending a clear message: he's not going away quietly. “ If you read The Washington Post, even The Wall Street Journal, but especially The New York Times, the question is, can MAGA survive after Trump steps down? “ There's arguments on both sides whether a popular movement can survive its creators. …   Al Gore won the popular vote in 2000 to succeed him. And what did Barack Obama do? He re...