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Interviews

The Victor Davis Hanson Podcast: Riots, Basement Joe, Failing Andy, Twittering Trump

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The Victor Davis Hanson Podcast
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson shares his thoughts on Donald Trump’s announcement of using military force to counter the riots, the president’s lack of focus, the paradox that is Joe Biden, Andrew Cuomo’s latest failures, Tucker Carlson’s clobbering of conservative lecturers, America’s standing in the world, and lefty media sanctimony.

Interviews

Dr. Kiron Skinner: Trump Needs To Become 'The Race President'

interview with Kiron K. Skinnervia Fox News
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Kiron Skinner discusses how President Trump has the opportunity to finally address some of the issues of blacks in America.

Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

Biden As Paradox

by Victor Davis Hansonvia National Review
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

His weaknesses are his strength, and he’s not running for the presidency.

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Donald Trump In Twitter’s Lilliput

by Victor Davis Hansonvia American Greatness
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Only the president can lose his election, and thereby ensure socialism for his supporters in the fall. And he can lose only by descending into the Twitter swamp and playing a gullible Gulliver to be tied down and lacerated by clever but six-inch tall Lilliputians.

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The Rampage Of The Public Health Officers. Lanhee Chen Talks To A&G

interview with Lanhee J. Chenvia Armstrong and Getty
Friday, May 29, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen discusses the Trump Administration’s current agenda.

The Classicist with Victor Davis Hanson:
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The Classicist: Dark Days Ahead

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The Classicist
Saturday, May 30, 2020

On political polarization, the debt reckoning, and Chinese aggression.

Interviews

Kiron Skinner: Will Trump Be Able To Bring Us Troops Home From Afghanistan By Election Day?

interview with Kiron K. Skinnervia Fox News
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Kiron Skinner discusses whether the US should be able to leave Afghanistan under a reasonable timeline.

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The Libertarian: Free Speech And Social Media

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Should social media be regulating politicians? Should politicians be regulating social media?

Interviews

Larry Diamond: Our Democracy Depends On A Safe Election In November

interview with Larry Diamond, Michael McFaulvia Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Larry Diamond discusses what needs to be done to ensure a healthy election with Nathaniel Persily and Michael McFaul.

Analysis and CommentaryNational Security

We Need To Know Biden’s Foreign Policy Plans

by Russell A. Bermanvia Real Clear World
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The 2020 presidential election is less than five months away. While the news cycle is still dominated by the pandemic and the economic consequences of the lockdown, the public needs to learn more about what is at stake for U.S. foreign policy in the upcoming contest. The Trump administration has taken some high-profile and controversial positions in world affairs. Now the electorate deserves to know where the presumptive Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, stands on these matters. 

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