Steve Schmidt: The Dangerous Alliance Between MAGA and Europe’s Far Right
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
JD Vance’s Hungary trip is stirring backlash and questions about his political strategy. Steve Schmidt breaks down what happened, the alliances involved, and why it could matter for 2026.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Everybody following American politics appreciates that J.D. Vance is flailing. |
| 0:09.8 | I actually had a special guest that asks that I give him a phone call, and we'll see, let's hope he actually answers. |
| 0:18.8 | But this is going to be very embarrassing. |
| 0:22.7 | All right. |
| 0:24.1 | I'm sorry. |
| 0:24.8 | The person you were trying to reach has a voicemail box that has not been set up yet. |
| 0:28.5 | Okay. |
| 0:29.2 | Try one more time. |
| 0:31.5 | J.D. Vance is reviled. |
| 0:34.2 | What to do about the Vance problem if you're sitting in the White House? |
| 0:38.3 | Well, it seems somebody has come up with an elegant solution. |
| 0:43.3 | Send J.D. Vance. |
| 0:45.3 | And it's always important to remember when we use that name that he's had four of them. |
| 0:50.3 | Four different names. |
| 0:53.3 | His last one, J.D. Vance. They sent him to Hungary to campaign for |
| 0:59.5 | Victor Orban, a short rotund fascist, the leader of the landlocked central European country that |
| 1:06.8 | fought on the wrong side of both world wars. He's in trouble. |
| 1:11.1 | He's in danger of losing. |
| 1:12.9 | And so, into the breach, to the rescue, J.D. Vance. |
| 1:17.6 | It's important to remember that for Maga Boys, Victor Orban, is Taylor Swift. |
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