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Why the Media Called Trump a Warmonger... Then an Appeaser

Why the Media Called Trump a Warmonger... Then an Appeaser
President Donald Trump delivers remarks after touring the newest aircraft in the presidential fleet at Andrews Air Force Base on June 19, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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This is a lightly edited transcript of a June 22 segment of the Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words podcast.

The so-called Iranian memorandum of understanding involving a 60-day period of negotiations that may or may not lead to an armistice was published just recently, and it’s gotten a lot of storm of criticism.

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Victor Davis Hanson
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.”