Why the Hell is the Right Embracing Victor Orbán? Matt Continetti on Why Some American Conservatives Are Speaking with a Hungarian Accent

A few weeks ago, Hungarian Prime Minister
Viktor Orbán gave a keynote address at the
U.S. Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Given
Orban's tight relationship with Putin and his aggressive brand of
Euro-xenophobia, many American liberals and conservatives
alike were shocked.  But Orban's speech at
CPAC -- and CPAC's own meeting in Hungary -- is part of
a larger shift on the American Right; indeed, this is a
throwback to the Right of the 1930s. As traditional
Reaganites wonder what happened to "peace through strength,"
is it time to ask how "national conservatism" and
Reagan-conservatism can live together? And who is the
leader that can show the way?


These questions and more with Matthew Continetti. Continetti is a
senior fellow and the inaugural Patrick and Charlene Neal
Chair at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author
of an important new book, The Right: The Hundred-Year
War for American Conservatism.


Download the transcript here.