Trump’s playbook is Viktor Orbán’s

My breakfast with Orbán expert John Shattuck

Apr 15, 2025

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Friends,

A few days ago I had breakfast with my old friend John Shattuck, who, as president of Central European University in Budapest, saw firsthand how Viktor Orbán took over Hungary’s democracy and turned it into an authoritarian state.

When Trump was elected in 2016, Trump endorsed Orbán, and Orbán started attacking universities — forcing the Central…

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