Historian and author Victor Davis Hanson explains the historic shifts Trump's presidency has caused and how he'll be remembered 50 years from now:

"I think he stopped it… and their hysteria exhibits that they know they were vulnerable because their agenda was contrary to human nature.

I think he shocked Europe. They made fun of him, but when he was inaugurated and he went into Notre Dame, he was like that line out of Shakespeare: a colossus, and all those people were clamoring to get near him… And they were basically saying, 'We hate you, but you gave us the inspiration to close our borders, to deport people, to look toward fossil fuels, to rearm, and to open up...' And that's what Sweden, that's what Denmark, that's what Eastern Europe is doing. The governments that are socialist in Britain and France are shaky; Germany, Italy—all of these countries are following our model in a way. I think Canada will, too. I think Carney's going to blow it, and there'll be a change there.

There’s two great obstacles: Can he stop the Chinese agenda to dominate the world, and can he end the idea that we have to be permanently in the Middle East, because that's a dysfunctional, pathological place? And he's trying on both fronts. He's not getting a lot of help... If he pulls the Middle East off, and Iran—that government falls, and he can outpower China, that'll be historic."

Historian and author @VDHanson explains the historic shifts Trump's presidency has caused and how he'll be remembered 50 years from now:

“I think he stopped the progressive project, and we are not going to go down that socialist pathway. I think he stopped it… and their… pic.twitter.com/ZpuMaeGJrn

— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck)September 16, 2026

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