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| Donald Trump’s MAGA movement sees a role model in Hungary’s Viktor Orban. As Europe’s longest-serving leader, he has undermined democratic norms and concentrated power. But while there are echoes in Trump’s second-term agenda, America may not be as easy to bend. |
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