The Left’s anger is proof that the counter-revolution is working. By Victor Davis Hanson., as described by M.A. Rothman.

We are watching 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟗𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. No president has attempted to fundamentally restructure the nature of American government since FDR’s New Deal in the mid-1930s. Trump is doing it — and the left is losing its mind because it’s working.

The scoreboard is hard to argue with.

• Trump closed the border — something critics said couldn’t be done.
• Over 𝟔𝟕𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 illegal aliens have been deported, more than 400,000 of them charged with or convicted of crimes, and an estimated 𝟐.𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 have self-deported (Department of Homeland Security).
• He declared war on DEI and is winning.
• He barred biological males from women’s sports with full public support.
• Universities are now rushing to cut deals — agreeing to stop gouging the federal government on grant surcharges exceeding 40-50%, to follow Supreme Court rulings on race-based preferences, and to restore free speech on campus.
• Abroad, Iran no longer poses an immediate nuclear threat.
• H-z-b, H-m-s, and the Houthis are in disarray or severely degraded.
• There’s progress on Ukraine.
• And the economic doomsayers? Wrong across the board….

In term one, [Trump] was surrounded by people who thought they knew better — Rex Tillerson, Jim Mattis, Bill Barr, the anonymous op-ed writers — all either blocking or reinterpreting the MAGA agenda from within. This time, the team is aligned. And instead of treating progressive overreach as a set of individual policy disputes, Trump is going after 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. That’s the part the left really can’t stomach.

• PBS and NPR — defunded.
• Cable and network news — facing court ramifications when they lie and defame.
• Universities — hit with fines, endowment taxes, and scrutiny over a $𝟏.𝟕 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 student loan program, campus segregation in dorms and graduation ceremonies, and discriminatory hiring practices.
• The Department of Education itself is being questioned.
• And the foundational progressive assumption — that residency equals eventual citizenship — is being dismantled. If you came here illegally, you face deportation, even without a violent criminal record. …

The left holds power even when it doesn’t control a single branch of government. It does this through 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 — even though its actual constituency is only about 40% on most issues.

Trump is the first president to recognize that fighting the policies without dismantling the power structure that produces them is a losing game. …

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭.

 

𝐕𝐃𝐇: The Left’s anger is proof that the counter-revolution is working

Victor Davis Hanson opens with a claim that sounds hyperbolic until he backs it up: we are watching 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧… pic.twitter.com/6gXd3bnYF6

— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) April 6, 2026

 

If Trump takes away enough of their nice government jobs, NGO funds, and easy government income (including fraud), “team left” will dissolve because it won’t be worth joining for the benefits. The parasites will have to dream up new schemes.