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If You Want to Know Trump’s Endgame, Look at Hungary
Hungary is Trumpism Gone Amok. It’s Leader Just Abolished Democracy
Most Americans don’t pay a lot of attention to international affairs, but now would be a good time to take a look at Hungary. Hungary is a central European country of about 10 million people. It used to be part of the Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc, but in 1989 it threw off the communist shackles and embraced liberal democracy.
But over the last 20 years, the country has started drifting towards the right. Recently, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban used the coronavirus crisis to assume emergency powers and essentially become a dictator with supreme authority. Now he can rule by decree. His decision effectively suspends the legislature and he now has the power to overrule the judiciary.
But here’s the real scary part Hungary has been held up as an example of what could happen to the United States. And as shocking as that sounds, consider this fact. Attorney General/Trump consigliere Bill Barr used the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to try to suspend habeas corpus and hold…
