Vic Hanson on Trump: A sort of Chemotherapy

[su_quote]“That which does not kill us makes us stronger”

—Friedrich Nietzsche

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We thought some NAnewsweb.com readers might enjoy reading a perspective on Donald Trump by a serious scholar who is accustomed to taking a “long view” of things. He is rare among distinguished American academics in that he admires Trump.

Victor Davis Hanson is a “classicist,” a scholar of ancient Greek and Latin and of ancient European history. During the last four decades Hanson has built a solid reputation as a writer who views American politics with a strong sense of history. Although he is sometimes called a “conservative,” Hanson would be more accurately described as a classic “19th century liberal.”

One of our readers brought the article below to our attention. It was published a couple of weeks ago in the Swiss weekly magazine, “Die Weltwoche.” Our more sharp-eyed readers may have to ignore a few grammatical glitches likely resulting from English to German to English translations.

Trump as Sort of Chemotherapy: https://www.weltwoche.ch/ausgaben/2019-48/weltwoche-international/hanson-die-weltwoche-ausgabe-48-2019.html