Iran Thought It Was Untouchable... Then Trump Changed the Rules
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) conducts U.S. blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz in the Arabian Sea on April 16, 2026. U.S. Navy via Getty Images
This is a lightly edited transcript of an April 20th segment of the Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words podcast.
We’re now beginning the seventh week of military operations against Iran. There’s a lull now during a negotiation, but the war continues.
Victor Davis Hanson
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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Mr. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”
