Conservative scholar and historian Victor Davis Hanson is recovering from a serious illness and is back to comment on world events just in time.
During a recent conversation, Hanson talked about what is happening with Iran and explained why you can’t negotiate with them. Mainly because they live in a fantasy where they believe God is on their side.
He also explained why Trump’s strategy is working and Iran is losing badly.
Victor Davis Hanson:No, you can’t negotiate with them because their whole currency is lying, and they’re fanatic ideologues. And they have a supernatural view of what’s going to happen, and they’re on the right side of Cosmic Divinity and all of these ideas. I think [former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi] Rafsanjani in a disputed statement, but I think it was accurate, said that Israel was a one bomb state, and that was the advantage that you got half the Jews in the world in one place, where all you needed was one bomb. So you can’t negotiate.
I think their strategy, to tell you, was kind of a Muhammad Ali “Rope-a-Dope” where they were going to ride it out. And then [President Donald] Trump would be gone in three years, and people would be angry, and you’d get a Joe Biden, or better yet a type of puppet of the Left. But better yet, you would get an [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] or a “squad” member, or a [Gavin] Newsom or [Kamala] Harris, and then you’re home free to get the bomb.
Victor Davis Hanson: Iran Tried to Run Out the Clock—Trump Shut It Down
Iran’s strategy against Trump was probably trying to “ride it out” and bet on a new presidency such as “AOC,” “Newsom or Harris.”
President Trump, on the other hand, had a different strategy: By any means…pic.twitter.com/YkKexyQ5M9
— A Man Of Memes (@RickyDoggin)March 7, 2026
In this video, Hanson breaks down the strategy that is being used against Iran and why this is not like Iraq or Afghanistan.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
