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Victor Davis Hanson: Fear Trump—or Bust?
American Greatness ^ | 27 May, 2024 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 05/27/2024 5:20:33 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Trumpophobia (fright over Trump) is cresting with his polls.

As Trump continues to show leads in critical swing states, as various lawfare-inspired cases against him seem to the public to be more persecutions than prosecutions, and as Joe Biden appears daily more incoherent and lost, the left on spec has resorted to warning the nation about all the supposedly catastrophic consequences of a future Trump presidency.

Ironically, the left seems oblivious to the reality that one reason Trump leads Biden in the polls is precisely because voters can compare the four-year record of the prior Trump presidency to Biden’s last 40 months.

Recently, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that Trump will conspire with oil executives to spike gasoline prices. But even after Biden drained the strategic petroleum reserve before the 2022 midterms and is now again doing the same as the 2024 election approaches, gas prices have averaged only one-third cheaper than under Trump.

Trump tried to top off the reserve but was blocked by Democrats in Congress. Nevertheless, he left Biden a nearly full reservoir of 638 million barrels (about 90 percent full), which Biden has now drained by some 270 million barrels to the present 51 percent full—and the levels are falling further as voting nears.

We are warned that 77-year-old Trump looks haggard after his long hours in court. He seems sleepy, we are told. He has aged terribly, the media tell us. But polls show that concern over Biden’s dementia greatly outweighs normal worry over septuagenarian candidate Trump.

Why would any sane pro-Biden handler bring up Trump’s supposed gait or occasional forgotten word when that only reminds the public of the contrast with Biden, whose speeches seem delivered in something other than English and whose transcripts must be heavily edited to airbrush away his incoherence?

(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; trumpophobia; vdh; victordavishanson
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1 posted on 05/27/2024 5:20:33 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

I think most people can see what a corrupt mess the democRATs have created.


2 posted on 05/27/2024 5:20:45 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: texas booster

VDH ping


3 posted on 05/27/2024 5:21:15 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

My oldest daughter, who has a doctorate from Yale, is terrified of Trump. She would rather see the country burn to the ground before seeing him in the WH. For being so smart, she’s really stupid.


4 posted on 05/27/2024 5:23:27 AM PDT by DownInFlames (p)
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"But even after Biden drained the strategic petroleum reserve before the 2022 midterms and is now again doing the same as the 2024 election approaches, gas prices have averaged only one-third cheaper than under Trump."

Ahhh...NO! Gas prices are still double here what they were when PDJT honored our White House.

5 posted on 05/27/2024 5:28:55 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: DownInFlames

My oldest daughter, who has a doctorate from Yale, is terrified of Trump.
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I’ve met more than my fair share of folks that fit the comment of your daughter. It seems that a conversation with these folks revolves around two questions... 1. What is it that you see is a problem followed by... 2. And what makes you think that is true?


6 posted on 05/27/2024 5:34:05 AM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: MtnClimber

The Trump-o-phobes are mentally ill. They are blinded by their fears and self-loathing that they project onto people who are happy, mentally stable and coherent.


7 posted on 05/27/2024 5:36:43 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: MtnClimber

Well, let’s all hope that 95 MILLION people see just how totally corrupt and evil Democrats are.

Will 95 MILLION votes for Trump be enough????


8 posted on 05/27/2024 5:39:10 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: MtnClimber

The left is teetering on the edge of the abyss of insanity over Trump.

There will be leftist-inspired blood in the streets this summer and fall.


9 posted on 05/27/2024 5:42:35 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“Who is John Galt?”)
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To: Henchster

I was going to quote that (good thing I finally learned to look before I post after all these years!).
What the heck does “ one-third cheaper than under Trump.” mean?


10 posted on 05/27/2024 5:44:23 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: MtnClimber

I think the Left is most worried Trump will do lasting damage to the federal institutions they have worked for decades to derange and weaponize against any opposition to the Democrat party or Woke Gaia Worshiping ideology.

They are worried Trump will initiate massive purges of the DOJ, CIA, FBI (maybe this is deemed so toxic he outright abolishes it), the National Archives, the CDC, the State Department the EPA, DOD, other intel agencies and several other federal agencies. They’ve all shown massive corruption.

They are worried he will support efforts by multiple state attorney’s general to bust up Big Tech.

They are worried he will do things that benefit the working and middle class - like imposing tariffs on Chinese goods, boosting domestic manufacturing, securing the border, deporting tens of millions of illegal aliens, scrapping all the Gaia Worshiping regulations that hinder energy production and domestic business - but which benefit wealthy Democrat donors.

I hope every single last one of their fears is 100% justified and he does exactly those things.....to the nth degree.


11 posted on 05/27/2024 5:56:44 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: DownInFlames

Every single over educated white professional I know is like that.


12 posted on 05/27/2024 5:58:05 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: jeffc

There ain’t ANYTHING that’s one-third cheaper under Biden.


13 posted on 05/27/2024 6:02:00 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Henchster

Except the Dollar.


14 posted on 05/27/2024 6:11:10 AM PDT by BAN-ONE
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Why would any sane voter vote for Biden? Biden at West Point showed him at his worse......
<><>his stumbling tottering walk to the podium was unnerving
<><>had viewers wondering when he was going to fall on his behind.
<><>the cadets were decidedly not senthusiastic at his presence
<><>his speeches are heavily edited to diminish his babbling incoherence.
<><>he even did a “jeb”——forced to beg for applause.
<><>why does he even bother to show up?

Finally, the military brass told him to go sit down. He was in the way.

He was supposed to handout diplomas but wasn’t even capable of handling that chore.

How in God’s name can he handle our safety and security?


15 posted on 05/27/2024 6:18:18 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: 5th MEB; 6ppc; agondonter; Alberta's Child; Alouette; AndyJackson; Aria; artichokegrower; ...
Ping! Out to the Victor Davis Hanson list

Given all that, are we supposed to worry that “sharp as a knife” Biden’s disastrous foreign policy will be ruined by a return to the peaceful record of the earlier Trump presidency?

FR Index of his articles: Victor Davis Hanson on FR

Town Hall: Victor Davis Hanson on Town Hall

American Greatness: Victor Davis Hanson on American Greatness

His website: Victor Davis Hanson

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16 posted on 05/27/2024 6:23:17 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Redleg Duke
There will be leftist-inspired blood in the streets this summer and fall.

The idea of "mutually assured destruction" must be put into circulation on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook. If a leftist nut job assassinates Trump, there needs to be a ready list of public figure leftists to hang from streetlights that participated in the unprecedented 9 years of continuous gonzo smear attacks against one American patriot. The commander of the free world is an extremely high risk position, with almost 20% of presidents dying in the job, and 80% having assassination attempts made, all by leftist moonbats. Trump is an absolutely fearless American hero for taking on the leftist mob. God save America, and God save Trump.

17 posted on 05/27/2024 6:23:45 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Liz

Fundamental to your question is the probable fact.

Democrat voters did not see and do not really know about the speech at West Point

Safety and security don’t matter. Ccontrol of the government is what matters.


18 posted on 05/27/2024 6:23:54 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: OHPatriot

You can bet there will be “Thirty Million Eleventy Two thousand “votes” for whomever the Demoncrats “nominate…”


19 posted on 05/27/2024 6:38:22 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: DownInFlames

I worked with many people who were great at critical thinking for their jobs, but just sub-contracted their politics to the news media. I could never understand that way of thinking.


20 posted on 05/27/2024 6:41:28 AM PDT by vaskypilot
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