Victor Davis Hanson Explains Why You Can’t Negotiate With Iran – And Why They’re Losing (VIDEO)

Conservative scholar and historian Victor Davis Hanson is recovering from a serious illness and is back to comment on world events just in time.

During a recent conversation, Hanson talked about what is happening with Iran and explained why you can’t negotiate with them. Mainly because they live in a fantasy where they believe God is on their side.

He also explained why Trump’s strategy is working and Iran is losing badly.

From the Daily Signal:

Victor Davis Hanson: No, you can’t negotiate with them because their whole currency is lying, and they’re fanatic ideologues. And they have a supernatural view of what’s going to happen, and they’re on the right side of Cosmic Divinity and all of these ideas. I think [former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi] Rafsanjani in a disputed statement, but I think it was accurate, said that Israel was a one bomb state, and that was the advantage that you got half the Jews in the world in one place, where all you needed was one bomb. So you can’t negotiate.

I think their strategy, to tell you, was kind of a Muhammad Ali “Rope-a-Dope” where they were going to ride it out. And then [President Donald] Trump would be gone in three years, and people would be angry, and you’d get a Joe Biden, or better yet a type of puppet of the Left. But better yet, you would get an [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] or a “squad” member, or a [Gavin] Newsom or [Kamala] Harris, and then you’re home free to get the bomb.

See the video below:

Victor Davis Hanson: Iran Tried to Run Out the Clock—Trump Shut It Down

Iran’s strategy against Trump was probably trying to “ride it out” and bet on a new presidency such as “AOC,” “Newsom or Harris.”

President Trump, on the other hand, had a different strategy: By any means… pic.twitter.com/YkKexyQ5M9

— A Man Of Memes (@RickyDoggin) March 7, 2026

In this video, Hanson breaks down the strategy that is being used against Iran and why this is not like Iraq or Afghanistan.

Victor Davis Hanson pinpoints one of the most important differences between the Iran conflict and wars the United States has lost in the past.

No one is coming to Iran’s defense and they are rapidly depleting their arms with no way to resupply them.

HANSON: “They have a… pic.twitter.com/CZMrd2Aq2c

— Overton (@overton_news) March 4, 2026

If this operation is successful, and so far it looks like it will be, Trump will have changed the world for the better.

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