While noting that “Trumpian rhetoric” was not essential, Hanson declared that the former president “set a model” whereby, during his presidency, Tehran was “suddenly” quiet for four years after having perpetually issued threats, and Russia “did not move” in Ukraine.
In addition, he highlighted how President Trump was warned against moves that would unleash mayhem, yet his unyielding approach proved to be most effective:
Everybody said if you move the embassy to Jerusalem, if you say that the Golan Heights shall be Israeli, if you cut off the $700 million to the Palestinians, if you say that you’re not going to give one dime to [the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East] — you can’t do that.
“And he did it all, and nothing happened,” he added. “And that was because we were strong and reliable. And I think we’ll be that way again.”
According to Hanson, if America projects strength, her allies “can be assured that they don’t have to go out on a limb.”