Why attack Iran? Why reaffirm America’s dominance in Panama? Why capture Nicolás Maduro? Trump has scores to settle.

There’s a general pattern in the preemptive actions President Trump’s taken in both his terms in office.

A central theme to all his actions is that they’re geostrategic and top-down, explains Victor Davis Hanson on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”

“Pressuring the Panamanians to divorce themselves from China. Making sure the Venezuelan oil does not go to Russia or China by changing the government and capturing Maduro. Things like that suggest that the current Iranian operation has targeted China. … You're starting to see a pattern. These are wars of reckoning.”

(00:00) Trump Way of War

(02:12) Wars of Reckoning

(03:37) Negotiations and Decapitation

(04:57) No Nation Building

(09:26) Results and Wrap Up

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