Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words

Victor Davis Hanson: New York's Socialist Agenda, Iran's Threats, and Spain's Border Crisis,

August 4, 2026

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Victor Davis Hanson opened this episode with an unusual personal update: after a lobectomy and a burst pulmonary artery that required six transfusions, he is still recovering seven months later. A pulmonologist told him that most patients over seventy who lose that much blood do not survive, which reframed his frustration at not being back to full strength. From there, the conversation moved through a series of urgent developments — Iran, New York City’s socialist mayor, the invasion of a Spanish enclave, and the Anthony Fauci diaries — each of which Hanson treated as a symptom of a deeper progressive project that he believes is now facing a counter-revolution.

Iran: The Case for Finishing What Was Started

Hanson argued that the current U.S. military campaign against Iran is too narrow. Destroying missile launchers one at a time, he said, is like chasing mobile Scud launchers in the first Gulf War — expensive and ineffective. The real targets should be dual-use infrastructure: bridges, power plants, and underground manufacturing and storage sites. He noted that the U.S. has already destroyed about ninety percent of Iran’s military capability, but that five months of negotiations have gone nowhere because a theocratic regime does not treat lying as a breach of trust — it treats deception as service to ideology.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (03:07) **Iran Update and Escalation Strategy** - Victor argues that the US must stop chasing individual missile platforms and instead hit dual-use infrastructure to make time a weapon against Iran, not against us.
  • 2 (21:12) **New York Mayor Zoran Mandami’s Socialist Agenda** - Victor outlines how Mandami’s property confiscation plan and judicial committee exclusion of Jews reveal a pattern of socialist rhetoric turning into communist action once in power.
  • 3 (26:50) **Mandami’s Attacks on Israel and Netanyahu** - Victor systematically dismantles Mandami’s claims that Israel is a settler colonialist, genocidal, apartheid state by comparing Israel’s history to that of Turkey, Arab nations, and Spain.
  • 4 (44:06) **Spain’s Border Crisis in Ceuta** - Victor describes the invasion of the Spanish enclave in North Africa by 60,000 illegal African immigrants as reality imitating Jean Raspail’s novel *Camp of the Saints*.
  • 5 (56:55) **Anthony Fauci’s Diaries and the COVID Reckoning** - Victor reviews the revelations from Fauci’s diaries, calling them a window into the systemic corruption of government, media, science, and industry.
  • 6 (70:58) **The Denial of COVID Origins and the Elite Investment in Fauci** - Victor addresses why so many smart people still defend Fauci despite overwhelming evidence of lab origin and policy failures.
  • 7 Standout Quotes

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Victor Davis Hanson

Show Notes

Victor and Jack provide an update on the conflict with Iran and assess the latest threats facing the region. They examine New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposed property tax surcharge, the release of homeowners' addresses, and the broader philosophy behind redistribution policies and government power. The conversation also covers the surge of African migrants into Spain, Europe's shifting approach to illegal immigration and deportations, and the continuing debate over Anthony Fauci's COVID-era decisions and newly released diaries.


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