MAGA is Obsessed with Hungary. Why?
Simon Whistler · August 18, 2025 · 31 min video · Europe & NATO
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In the summer of 2022, thousands of American conservatives descended on one city for the Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, a premier gathering of right-wing activists, politicians and media figures. But this wasn't Miami or Houston. It was something altogether different.
Budapest, Hungary. The first ever city to host the U.S. CPAC outside of the continental United States. They came to study and celebrate the works of Victor Orban, a man who transformed from a liberal young revolutionary into Europe's most successful illiberal Democrat.
Tucker Carlson, who went on to host his show from the city for a week before it was cancelled on Fox News. Trump advisers make what appear to be regular pilgrimages there. And this raised the question, why hungry?
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Why is MAGA so fascinated with Hungary? From Viktor Orbán’s illiberal blueprint to CPAC Budapest, this video unpacks how a small European nation became the American right’s model for power.
