Taking Stock of Trumpism: Where It Came From, What It Has Accomplished, and Where It Is Going

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Victor Davis Hanson speaks at Hillsdale College's Kirby Center in Washington, D.C. about Trumpism.


Victor Davis Hanson is the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College, the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno. He earned his B.A. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007, the Bradley Prize in 2008, and the William F. Buckley Prize in 2015. He has authored or edited twenty-four books, including The Soul of Battle and A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War.

To learn more about how Hillsdale College's Kirby Center teaches the Constitution in Washington, D.C., visit kirbycenter.hillsdale.edu/

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All Comments (21)
  • Kudos to Hillsdale, the most legitimate learning institution in our country👍👍👍👍👏🇺🇸🇺🇸
  • @cab5262
    Victor David Hanson is one of the greatest thinkers in the USA.
  • @twinturbo8304
    I am from the central valley and have driven through Selma. And I consider Victor a friend of mine, even though he doesn't know me.
  • wow..wow...wow..victor davis hansen is amazing..finally we have a brilliant mind and shinning soul who can talk for the everyday people who work hard and have no voice .because they work all day and have no time and too tired to learn about the government that should have been taught in school
  • @kimlangridge7969
    What a marvelous talk, out of an amazing mind, a gentleman and a scholar , one of the few in our age. This man’s words are gold for the soul, a university for his listeners.
  • @51cathey
    Wow, wow, wow. I don’t know that I’ve ever used that word three times in a row, but I’m grateful to listen to a man who is articulate and logical. He never looked at a note yet spoke eloquently. Thank you. God bless.
  • Victor is just one brilliant person associated with this great college. I pray that it makes a huge difference in its education of others.
  • @kroschelfilms
    Victor Davis Hanson is a national treasure. A dying breed. I feel deep humility listening to him speak effectively and effortlessly on a broad range of subjects. He would give an AI a run for its money.
  • @davehwang6934
    I wish I had a prof like Hanson; I went to a a school that was very left. If Hanson is still teaching; I will send my kids to Hillsdale
  • If I ever went to College I would love to have him as my History Professor. What a humble great person. 🇺🇸
  • @Brian-nw2bn
    We are so blessed to have you VDH, truly we are not worried of having someone like yourself for our politicians, but I’ll take every bit of your wisdom you have to offer anyway I can get it. We’re all better for it. God bless y’all!
  • @measl
    Hanson is one of my very favorite speakers. Even though I studied WWII (through the lens of the Atlantic conflict) for six years, I never fail to get new insights from this amazing scholar. His Trump analysis is spot-on as well - it's like there is nothing he can't deconstruct successfully!
  • Thank you, Professor Victor, for your great conference. Calm, clear, and informative .❤
  • Dr. Hanson is brilliant. I love listening to his logic and explanation of politicians I cannot figure out! Best story telling ever.
  • @geridannels1701
    Thank you Hillsidale College, for having an American treasure, thats who Victor Davis Hanson is to me and some of my tribe.
  • @kham6006
    We are so lucky to have victor Hansen on our side ,, he is such a smart , elegant speaker ,,thank you victor
  • @janlong3475
    Hard to watch now almost five years later, knowing all that was ahead. Mr. Hanson still has a handle on our present and possible future. Always worth listening to anything he has to say.
  • @williamdavis231
    VDH is a gift to us all and proof of what's possible in a human being. A real national treasure. Thank you sir.