The Continued Case for Trump
The article discusses the ongoing relevance of Donald Trump as he serves his second term as president. It highlights how Trump's outsider status and policies resonate with many Americans, especially in light of the Biden administration's performance. Despite facing significant opposition and threats, Trump's agenda continues to garner support from a majority of the populace.
- ▪Victor Davis Hanson argued in 2019 that America needed an outsider like Trump to challenge the political status quo.
- ▪Trump's second term is characterized by a more experienced approach to both domestic and foreign policy issues.
- ▪The president has faced multiple assassination attempts, underscoring the intense opposition he encounters.
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Back in the seemingly ancient days of 2019, the always astute Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution as well as a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno, penned The Case for Trump. In the book, Hanson discussed “how a celebrity businessman with no political or military experience triumphed over sixteen well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a quarter-billion-dollar war chest, and a hostile media and Washington establishment to become president of the United States — and an extremely successful president.”This article is from The American Spectator’s summer 2026 print magazine.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.
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