Barbara F. Walter talks to Patti Vasquez about modern autocracy and the way Donald Trump patterns himself after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

About this episode

Barbara F. Walter discusses modern autocracy and the parallels between Donald Trump and Viktor Orban with Patti Vasquez.

Barbara F. Walter talks to Patti Vasquez about modern autocracy and the way Donald Trump patterns himself after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

People in this episode

Host: Patti Vasquez

Guest: Barbara F. Walter

Topics covered

• modern autocracy
• political patterns
• Trump and Orban
• politics
• news

Keywords

• autocracy
• Donald Trump
• Viktor Orban
• politics
• interview

More episodes of CPT Snippets

• Professor Kim Lane Scheppele talks to Richard Chew about people not wanting to live in autocracies but nonetheless voting for autocrats · April 4, 2026 · 2 min
• Stephanie Miller and Brian Tyler Cohen on the asymmetry in Republican and Democratic messaging · April 4, 2026 · 1 min
• Dante King tells Richard Chew that Donald Trump represents everything America values and stands for · April 4, 2026 · 3 min
• Tom Nichols of The Atlantic talks to Edwin Eisendrath about illiberalism · April 4, 2026 · 3 min
• Heather Cox Richardson offers historical perspective on our modern-day politics · April 4, 2026 · 2 min
• Thom Hartmann talks about the history of mass deportations in the United States · April 4, 2026 · 2 min