Trump’s Threats to Media Companies Mirror Orbán’s Tactics

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s anti-media blitz tac­tics are fol­low­ing Vik­tor Orban’s author­i­tar­i­an play­book, accord­ing to media ana­lysts who com­pare the pres­i­den­t’s pres­sure cam­paigns to Hun­gary’s demo­c­ra­t­ic back­slid­ing. On 18 Sep­tem­ber 2025, CNN report­ed that ABC’s indef­i­nite sus­pen­sion of “Jim­my Kim­mel Live” rep­re­sents the lat­est exam­ple of cor­po­rate capit­u­la­tion to gov­ern­ment pres­sure, mir­ror­ing strate­gies used by the […]

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