https://www.youtube.com/watch/fnk-wg5LoMw Why Viktor Orbán Matters to Trump and Project 2025 | Anne Applebaum & Preet Bharara
What does Viktor Orban’s defeat in Hungary signal and what may come next? In this live conversation, Preet Bharara is joined by Anne Applebaum, the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, staff writer at The Atlantic, and host of Autocracy in America podcast.

They discuss Orbán’s loss and what it may tell us about the political moment; how Hungary became a model for authoritarian-curious movements, including Project 2025; why political ideas spread across borders; whether voters are simply tiring of incumbents; Trump’s weakening support over Iran; and his continued reliance on extreme language over strategy, including his failure to cultivate real opposition to the Iranian regime.

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Chapters:
00:00 – Orbán’s Defeat and Why It Matters Beyond Hungary
01:00 – Ending the “Inevitable” Strongman Narrative
01:50 – Orbán as the Global Far-Right “Model”
03:08 – How Orbán Shaped MAGA and Conservative Strategy
04:55 – Are Democracy and Autocracy Contagious?
06:58 – Why Orbán Lost: Fatigue, Corruption, Backlash
09:33 – Cracks in Trump’s Coalition? Allies Shift
13:56 – Midterms: No Guarantees, No Complacency
15:51 – How Will the Iran War Come to a Close?
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