The New Yorker · 11 Nov 2026
A “Good Populism” Rises in the United States
In fact, everyone did not. Orbán’s tenure is, of course, now in the past. He was defeated resoundingly in an election earlier this year by a Hungarian opposition committed to unravelling his illiberal, autocratic legacy. The European leader whom Steve Bannon once described as “Trump before Trump” can model for the lame-duck President what it’s like to be out of office, and his ideological allies elsewhere have recalibrated their positions.
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