JD Vance’s Very Bad Week

What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.

By Michelle CottleDavid French and Michelle Goldberg

Produced by Derek Arthur and Jillian Weinberger

Despite Vice President JD Vance’s best efforts, Hungary ousted the illiberal authoritarian Viktor Orban this week. As the columnist David French argues, Orbanism was “intellectual Trumpism,” and the prime minister’s defeat could signal trouble for the MAGA movement in the United States. In this episode, French discusses what Orban’s demise means for Trump with the columnist Michelle Goldberg, who just got back from Hungary, and the national........

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