Trump touts Victor Davis Hanson’s bestseller in Truth Social video
Trump shares a video praising conservative historian Victor Davis Hanson and his book “The Counterrevolution,” calling him the intellectual thought leader of the conservative movement.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump promoted conservative historian Victor Davis Hanson and his latest book in a video posted to his Truth Social account, calling Hanson the intellectual thought leader of the conservative movement.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Truth Social post containing one video. Video transcript All right, here with Moore. By the way, very proud of this. I think he’s the intellectual thought leader of the conservative movement at this moment. He is brilliant. He’s the author of now the number one New York Times best seller. The counter revolution, the fall and rise of Trump and the MAGA movement, our friend Victor Davis Hanson. First, congratulations. Debut number one New York Times.” on September 17, 2026 at 10:22 PM ET.
This is Trump’s 20th message released today, and the last post was zero minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 95 of his 568 posts over the last 30 days classified as image-only posts.
Former President Donald J. Trump promoted historian Victor Davis Hanson's new book at WASHINGTON D.C.
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The video centers on Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover® Institution and a historian of Greece and Rome who has published more than 20 works of history according to hoover. His classic volume “A War Like No Other: How The Athenians And Spartans Fought The Peloponnesian War” and his recent book “The End of Everything” rank among his best-known titles according to hoover. Hanson is a regular contributor to Fox News and the author of “The Case for Trump” according to pbs.
During the exchange in the video, Hanson discussed the coming midterm elections and the challenge facing the party in power. He said 39 out of 41 of the last midterm elections went to the party not occupying the White House. Hanson has also appeared alongside fellow Hoover historians Niall Ferguson and Stephen Kotkin in a recorded discussion about Trump’s second term and the future of the United States according to hoover. In that discussion, the three historians debated whether the country is in decline or on the verge of renewal according to hoover.
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