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Victor Davis Hanson: The World Is Becoming More Pro-American Than It Has Been in Years
Daily Signal ^ | 14 July 2026 | Victor David Hanson

Posted on 07/15/2026 7:49:51 AM PDT by BeauBo

The world that we’re looking at today is radically different than that of just five years ago, radically different in the sense that it is much more in the interest of the United States. And I know that seems controversial because [President Donald] Trump is written off as someone who is too fluid and volatile... It’s more important to see what he’s done. Let’s go through the world abroad as it is today systematically.

Look at Latin America. Five years ago, the Chinese were controlling, through their surrogate companies, the entry and exit to Panama. Russia and China were the de facto rulers of Venezuela, with the second-largest oil reserves in the world. A slew of communist governments had taken over South America. Cuba was still defiant...

...Look at Europe. Five years ago, Europe had been jawboned by Donald Trump in his first term to at least spend 2% [on defense]. Only six nations did so... Now, almost 30 of 32 nations have agreed to spend 2% of GDP. But more importantly, they have now all agreed to spend 5%... And more importantly, they’re reexamining all of the things that weaken Europe. This green mania... They’re going to secure their borders. They’re going to start deporting people from Europe...

...Russia has lost its client in the Middle East, in Syria, and it’s probably at the weakest point economically, militarily, and industrially in the last 50 years, especially vis-à-vis the United States... The same thing is true of China."

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


TOPICS: China; Cuba; European Union; Foreign Affairs; Iran; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; cuba; europeanunion; iran; maga; panama; presidenttrump; r; russia; syria; vdh; venezuela; victordavidhanson; waronterror

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As they say, take him seriously, but not literally.
1 posted on 07/15/2026 7:49:51 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

A democrat president will immediately reverse all this.


2 posted on 07/15/2026 7:51:13 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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The media will tell us that that Europe is hating Trump, which they say so publicly. But the media won’t tell us how much that Europe’s policies have shifted to what Trump wants.


3 posted on 07/15/2026 7:55:00 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Williams
Look at Latin America. Five years ago, the Chinese were controlling, through their surrogate companies, the entry and exit to Panama. Russia and China were the de facto rulers of Venezuela, with the second-largest oil reserves in the world. A slew of communist governments had taken over South America. Cuba was still defiant...

A democrat President can't undo all that Trump has done in the world. But a commie - a traitor to the United States could. We need to find out who's funding the commie movement in the US...

4 posted on 07/15/2026 7:57:09 AM PDT by GOPJ (Commies build walls to stop citizens from escaping. WE build walls to keep people from breaking in. )
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To: BeauBo

The world is becoming more pro-American while America itself is becoming less so.


5 posted on 07/15/2026 7:57:09 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Williams

“ A democrat president will immediately reverse all this.”

People believe Trump is stupid. That he is unaware of this

That is incorrect

Trump is setting things up to counter this.

Dems are panicking. A montage of spin from Maddow to Jon Stewart reveals this


6 posted on 07/15/2026 8:02:17 AM PDT by stanne
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To: BeauBo

FIFA helped a lot. Through social media, Europeans expressed their delight in all things American


7 posted on 07/15/2026 8:03:14 AM PDT by albie
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We need to find out who's funding the commie movement in the US...

I think we already know. Several countries. A fat, wrinkled old billionaire or two.....

8 posted on 07/15/2026 8:08:05 AM PDT by LouAvul (They're doing it again because you didn't hang them last time.)
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To: BeauBo

With the exception of here IN America. At least according to the lame stream. 10% of the assclowns get nearly 100% of the coverage.

Patriotism. NOT ‘hateriotism’! Just because you’re a U.S. citizen doesn’t make you an American.


9 posted on 07/15/2026 8:09:58 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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President Trump is literally shaping the world in real time right in front of our eyes.

The stunning realization is that the US has been funding anti Americanism with taxpayer money.

Now that the US taxpayer funding of Anti Americanism is going away, so is the Anti Americanism

10 posted on 07/15/2026 8:10:28 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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I don’t think that’s actually true, it’s just that the media report on all the idiots and not the real Americans.

We are not “news” in their opinion, were just the plebes in fly over country.

Most of the folks I know are proud to be Americans but we don’t riot, protest or burn our buildings down; THEREFORE—NOT NEWS—.

Just my opinion and I live in COMMIEFORNIA!


11 posted on 07/15/2026 8:11:07 AM PDT by 5th MEB (1)
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From the article:

“Even the two free-riders that are most notorious, Spain and Canada—yes, they do not spend 2%, and Spain has defied NATO’s protocols and says it will not spend 5%. Canada, for all its self-righteousness, was running a $55 billion surplus with us. It was not patrolling its [southern] border as it should, and it was spending about 1.3% of GDP on defense.

Now it has pledged to spend not just 2%, but work its way up to the projected and desirable 5%. It’s working to reduce its surplus.

Spain has stopped all of this bellicose verbiage that it’s going to resist the United States. Why? Because Trump said, “Go your own way. We don’t need you, and we don’t want your products, and we don’t even want your NATO base. Just be happy and go off by yourself and create the Spanish Empire again if you want.”

It worked.

Spain said, “No, no, no, no, we’re a NATO member. You misunderstood us.”

So, if you look at Europe today, they are going to spend probably a half-trillion dollars in further defense readiness. And more importantly, they’re reexamining all of the things that weaken Europe.

This green mania. They’re going to bring back nuclear power, natural gas, and oil production. It won’t be rapid, and there’ll be resistance, but they know that’s the only recourse for them.

They’re going to secure their borders. They’re going to start deporting people from Europe.

In other words, Europe is going to be much stronger, and it will be more closely aligned with the United States, even though they might not say so.

Russia is not getting sanctioned oil from Venezuela or Iran. None.”


12 posted on 07/15/2026 8:22:26 AM PDT by subterfuge (What happened to my tagline?)
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Sure, once Elon Musk and the DOGE team shut down the anti-American propaganda funding through USAID.

There are people in this country, especially in the Propaganda Media, who make fortunes trashing America and American values.

13 posted on 07/15/2026 8:29:59 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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BTTT


14 posted on 07/15/2026 8:36:04 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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> FIFA helped a lot. Through social media, Europeans expressed their delight in all things American<

Yes, FIFA was a blessing because visitors got to see the real America. I’m afraid the 2028 Summer Olympics being in Los Angeles may sour that a bit. No Bucees. No BBQ. No Red state hospitality. Just a bunch of hobos and woke commies.

EC


15 posted on 07/15/2026 8:43:57 AM PDT by Ex-Con777 ("Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving." ~ David Burg)
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To: BeauBo

President Trump is a force of nature and focused like a laser on MAGA.

Not enough is said about the previous Republican president’s laziness and shortcomings, especially that deep fake F&*king George Bush. He was a sloth compared to Trump. So pissed off I voted for him twice. What a lazy ass RINO he was. The communists basically took over Syria to south America under his watch. Why didn’t he do anything about Cuba and many other things that Trump is doing the heavy lifting on.


16 posted on 07/15/2026 8:58:52 AM PDT by subterfuge (What happened to my tagline?)
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To: Williams

Muslims don’t like it.


17 posted on 07/15/2026 9:00:43 AM PDT by chopperk (,)
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To: BeauBo

At the same time a non-American population floods in via legal immigration, chain migration, H1-Bs and an immigration system broken since 1965.


18 posted on 07/15/2026 9:08:11 AM PDT by Pelham (President Eisenhower. Operation Wetback 1953-54)
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To: Williams
A democrat president will immediately reverse all this.

If WE THE PEOPLE allow this to happen, then perhaps we no longer deserve to keep what we have.

19 posted on 07/15/2026 9:08:44 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Sailing the Sea of Ignorance on a Ship named Free Republic)
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To: BeauBo
"The World Is Becoming More Pro-American Than It Has Been in Years"

...and the reason is Donald Trump.

Donald Trump launched the Trump Revolution that is bringing the world back from the brink of destruction by restoring Western Civilization to ascendance after decades of decay.

The decadence of Western Civilization erupted into the open like a Black Death bubo in the 1960's with the counter-culture movement and threatened to be more deadly than all the plagues, wars, famines, and other horrors the world has suffered. Few realized what was happening.

The decay continued. It was reflected in the absurdly misguided administration of George W. Bush and the election of Clinton, Obama, and Biden.

Pray that the Biden Administration was its nadir.

The Trump Revolution is God's miracle.

Pray that it succeeds world-wide.

If it does, the world will experience a new Golden Age!

And Donald Trump will have been one of the greatest leaders and greatest heroes the world has ever known.

20 posted on 07/15/2026 9:14:30 AM PDT by Savage Beast (When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the people are ready, the hero appears.)
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