The Daily Blast: Why Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Meeting with Orban Should Terrify Us All

With Donald Trump set to host Viktor Orban at his Mar-a-Lago retreat this week, it’s time to get serious about the rise of the global far right and why its worldview poses such a dire threat.

This week, Donald Trump will host Hungarian leader Viktor Orban at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Meanwhile, Congress is on the verge of abandoning Ukraine to Vladimir Putin. Trump’s romance with Orban—and the opposition of MAGA Republicans to helping Ukraine—are part of the same story, in which the American right has grown besotted with international strongmen. We chatted with Jacob Heilbrunn, author of “America Last: The Right’s Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators,” about the rise of the global far right and the deeper threats posed by this perilous moment.