Episode Details

Throughout 2025, it felt like there was a new major breaking US politics news story regarding an ongoing Trump scandal on a near daily basis, and his strategic destruction of American democracy can be traced back to a familiar playbook.

Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, perfected this political playbook not too long ago as best-selling author Ben Rhodes discusses in his book After The Fall. Let’s talk about the predictable path Trump and Orban walked from liberal-leaning socialites to radical right-wing authoritarians, and how its rippling across the United States and Canadian politics (and beyond).

Tune into Episode 313 of The Bill Kelly Podcast for conversations in critical times.

This episode was recorded on December 28, 2025.

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FURTHER READING

After the Fall: The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We’ve Made (Ben Rhodes)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/609428/after-the-fall-by-ben-rhodes/9781984856074