Last week as the Mueller Report was about to drop, Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institution and the National Review Institute was interviewed by The Epoch Times as part of their American Thought Leaders series. He offered his thoughts on the Mueller investigation, the Trump presidency, and much more.

Hanson takes us back to the earliest whispers of Russia and walks us through the maddening series of attempts to prevent Trump from becoming president, even after he won the election. You may have forgotten some of the crazier details, such as the effort to get copies of the Steele dossier to members of the Electoral College.

Hanson has forgotten nothing, and his analysis cuts like a knife despite his cool demeanor.

Hanson begins by summarizing how things got started.

The EpochRobert Pattinson has nabbed the role of Batman in Matt Reeves’ upcoming film and he has his fan-base to thank for that. Pattinson allegedly scored the role because he was the ‘safer choice.’ This casting choice was not a unanimous decision.

Up until today the producers were not sure if Pattinson was right for the part. A source close to production claimed that Nicholas Hoult was called in for an impromptu screen-test because the casting agent thought something was amiss with Pattinson’s portrayal of Bruce Wayne.

Discussion

Pattinson’s name was already in lights early this month as it was (kind of?) announced that he was a shoe-in for the role and that he was just tying up loose ends on his contract. That’s why it felt strange to hear, out of