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Viktor Orban

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Trump Wants to Invent a Fake Reality (w/ Anne Applebaum) | The Bulwark Podcast
Hungarian PoliticsViktor OrbanAuthoritarianism
Apr 9, 2026

Trump Wants to Invent a Fake Reality (w/ Anne Applebaum) | The Bulwark Podcast

Anne Applebaum details how Hungary's Viktor Orban employs 'post-reality' politics and disinformation to maintain power, a model increasingly adopted by the American far-right, while critiquing Trump's chaotic foreign policy and the breakdown of international relations.

Bulwark Takes
Bulwark Takes
The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Trust Joe Kent’s Insane Stories on Tucker Carlson
Joe KentTucker CarlsonIran War
Mar 20, 2026

The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Trust Joe Kent’s Insane Stories on Tucker Carlson

Dave Rubin dissects Joe Kent's controversial claims on Tucker Carlson, arguing Kent's narrative on the Iran war and Charlie Kirk's stance is a self-serving fabrication, while also critiquing other right-wing pundits and highlighting the failures of progressive state governance contrasted with Hungary's success.

The Rubin Report Podcast
The Rubin Report Podcast
MAGA's TUCKER Problem Revealed
Tucker CarlsonConservative MediaFox News
Feb 19, 2026

MAGA's TUCKER Problem Revealed

This episode dissects Tucker Carlson's improbable rise, his strategic pivots from mainstream conservative media to the far-right, and his profound influence on Donald Trump, MAGA, and the broader conservative movement.

The Intersection with Michael Popok
The Intersection with Michael Popok
Trump's Polls Are Awful—and the Real Pain Hasn’t Started Yet (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Podcast
US politicsRepublican PartyDemocratic Party
Feb 16, 2026

Trump's Polls Are Awful—and the Real Pain Hasn’t Started Yet (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Podcast

The hosts dissect Marco Rubio's shift to 'blood and soil' nationalism and his endorsement of Viktor Orban, contrasting it with Democratic responses to a changing global order and examining domestic issues like Trump's struggling approval and government agency misconduct.

Bulwark Takes
Bulwark Takes