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This content was recorded by Victor Davis Hanson prior to his Dec. 30 medical operation.

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal.

Have you noticed the use of the adverb “unexpectedly?” It’s all over The Wall Street Journal. It’s all over the financial sites. It’s all over pop culture and the media culture. It’s never used in association with Democrats.

Usually, they tell us things are going rosy. And then when they’re not rosy they just leave it blank. But with Trump, we were told, remember repeatedly, that the trade war—so-called trade war—would sink the economy. That terrorists would ruin prosperity. We would be in a recession by now. The stock market was........

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