‘A Full-Throated Isolationist’: Glasser on J.D. Vance’s Embrace of Viktor Orban’s Playbook

RUSH TRANSCRIPT CAPEHART Susan ░░░░░░░░ s switch to the ░░░░░░░░ policy front In 2021 ░░░░░░░░ before Senator Vance was ░░░░░░░░ he shared his advice ░░░░░░░░ the next Trump Administration ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts Vance I ░░░░░░░░ that what Trump should ░░░░░░░░ if I was giving ░░░░░░░░ one piece of advice ░░░░░░░░ every single mid level ░░░░░░░░ every civil servant in ░░░░░░░░ administrative state replace them ░░░░░░░░ our people The Department ░░░░░░░░ Education do what Viktor ░░░░░░░░ has done in Hungary ░░░░░░░░ down American institutions and ░░░░░░░░ it possible for conservatives ░░░░░░░░ actually govern and succeed ░░░░░░░░ these institutions in ways ░░░░░░░░ are currently cut out ░░░░░░░░ ends CAPEHART Susan this ░░░░░░░░ like extremism found today ░░░░░░░░ Project 2025 But I ░░░░░░░░ like to get your ░░░░░░░░ to Senator Vance saying ░░░░░░░░ do what Viktor Orban ░░░░░░░░ done in Hungary Why ░░░░░░░░ that should be very ░░░░░░░░ to Americans GLASSER Yeah ░░░░░░░░ s really fascinating how ░░░░░░░░ faction of the American ░░░░░░░░ has become absolutely enamored ░░░░░░░░ Viktor Orban they use ░░░░░░░░ as a model he ░░░░░░░░ a model of using ░░░░░░░░ tools of democracy to ░░░░░░░░ democratic institutions and protections ░░░░░░░░ is the blueprint that ░░░░░░░░ hope to export here ░░░░░░░░ the United States I ░░░░░░░░ point out as well ░░░░░░░░ Orban has been perhaps ░░░░░░░░ Putin s most important ░░░░░░░░ interlocutor in Western Europe ░░░░░░░░ has much to the ░░░░░░░░ of his partners in ░░░░░░░░ European Union He has ░░░░░░░░ to engage with Russia ░░░░░░░░ has sought ways around ░░░░░░░░ s invasion of Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ to continue economic and ░░░░░░░░ ties with Russia and ░░░░░░░░ D Vance from the ░░░░░░░░ beginning campaigned not just ░░░░░░░░ a well I m ░░░░░░░░ really sure about it ░░░░░░░░ a full throated isolationist ░░░░░░░░ has more than most ░░░░░░░░ Republican senators he has ░░░░░░░░ taken Russia s line ░░░░░░░░ has dismissed Ukraine s ░░░░░░░░ even to defend itself ░░░░░░░░ s been against all ░░░░░░░░ provision of military and ░░░░░░░░ and nonsecurity assistance from ░░░░░░░░ United States to Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ the beginning of the ░░░░░░░░ in February of 2022 ░░░░░░░░ I think he s ░░░░░░░░ it very clear that ░░░░░░░░ is sort of he ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump s foreign ░░░░░░░░ id If you can ░░░░░░░░ with his heart here ░░░░░░░░ heart is not in ░░░░░░░░ of Ukraine surviving as ░░░░░░░░ independent, sovereign, viable nation.”