February 20, 2026
VDH on Unforced Errors
Timothy Birdnow
Victor Davis Hansen warns of unforced errors by Trump that could derail the whole counter-revolution.
In particular he points out the meme portraying Obama and his lovely Bride of Frankenstein as apes.
Yes, that was as stupid as it gets and whoever posted it (Trump says it was posted in error and as soon as he learned of it he immediately yanked it) needs to be fired.
That explains why Trump had such effusive praise for Jesse Jackson upon his timely demise. Jackson was the greatest racial huckster of his age, a man who milked millions of dollars off of corporations by blackmailing them. His son went to prison, you may remember, for corruption and I would argue the apple didn't fall far from the tree. But here we had Trump writing about how wonderful a man he was. Read Trump's Truth Social post here.
Jackson was an anti-Semite who called New York "Hymietown" and who tampered with U.S. foreign policy, meeting with Yasser Arafat in violation of U.S. law, for instance. He embraced the racist Louis "Calypso Louis" Farrakhan.
His Operation Push blackmailed multiple businesses, the big one being Anheuser Busch, demanding more jobs for black people and donations to Jesse. He won that one, turning A-B into one of the most woke companies in the country.
He was the architect of such blackmail, boycotting anyone who wouldn't pay up. And that sparked the whole DEI movement in corporate America.
By any stretch of the imagination Jackson was a villain, yet here we have Trump praising him. After Trump's big screwup with the Gorilla Obama is it any wonder?
Another thing Hansen argues is for ICE to just pull out of these Democratic enclaves and catch illegals in cooperative jurisdictions. While this might appear to be a valid way to win the election it bespeaks weakness and cowardice and the public will see it. When Tim Walz crows about winning the battle of wills, does anyone think the media won't proclaim that? Trump will look soft and everyone will know it. Trump gains no good will by allowing insurrectionists to hijack the law and his enforcement of it. IF we are to do something to "de-escalate" we need to go after Walz and Frey and Keith Ellison in Minnesota with the force of law; there has to be punishment, and that meted out through legal channels. You can't just let them get away with this; every blue state will do it.
Hansen is applying the old Republican/Karl Rove theory of "move on" and ignore bad actions. But that's why Donald Trump was elected in the first place; the public was sick of letting the Left get their way. There had to be an accounting.
How many temper tantrums can you let a child throw before you top giving in? That is what is happening in Minnesota.
At any rate Trump already seems to have adopted Hansen's prescription. But I think in the long run it is a mistake; certainly it makes the base less enthused. Trump needs that base out in full force in November.
I love VDH but he seems to have missed a few things here.
BTW here is Donald Trump's Truth Social tribute to Jackson:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
The Reverend Jesse Jackson is Dead at 84. I knew him well, long before becoming President. He was a good man, with lots of personality, grit, and "street smarts.” He was very gregarious - Someone who truly loved people! Despite the fact that I am falsely and consistently called a Racist by the Scoundrels and Lunatics on the Radical Left, Democrats ALL, it was always my pleasure to help Jesse along the way. I provided office space for him and his Rainbow Coalition, for years, in the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street; Responded to his request for help in getting CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM passed and signed, when no other President would even try; Single handedly pushed and passed long term funding for Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), which Jesse loved, but also, which other Presidents would not do; Responded to Jesse’s support for Opportunity Zones, the single most successful economic development package yet approved for Black business men/women, and much more. Jesse was a force of nature like few others before him. He had much to do with the Election, without acknowledgment or credit, of Barack Hussein Obama, a man who Jesse could not stand. He loved his family greatly, and to them I send my deepest sympathies and condolences. Jesse will be missed! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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