1 00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:13,347 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:21,321 --> 00:00:25,259 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:25,325 --> 00:00:30,764 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 4 00:00:30,831 --> 00:00:32,598 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 5 00:00:32,665 --> 00:00:33,233 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!" 6 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:34,268 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 7 00:00:34,334 --> 00:00:35,269 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 8 00:00:35,335 --> 00:00:36,270 US. 9 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:37,271 IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK. 10 00:00:37,337 --> 00:00:38,772 THERE WERE "NO KINGS" PROTESTS 11 00:00:38,839 --> 00:00:41,275 AROUND THE U.S. AND THE WORLD, 12 00:00:41,341 --> 00:00:43,777 WHATEVER THIS WAS HAPPENED, AND 13 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:44,778 THE WHITE HOUSE TWEETED AMERICA 14 00:00:44,845 --> 00:00:46,280 WILL NEVER GIVE UP THE MOON 15 00:00:46,346 --> 00:00:47,781 AGAIN, WHICH IS DEFINITELY 16 00:00:47,848 --> 00:00:50,284 SOMETHING I WAS WORRIED ABOUT. 17 00:00:50,350 --> 00:00:51,785 MEANWHILE, THE IRAN WAR ENTERED 18 00:00:51,852 --> 00:00:52,786 ITS SECOND MONTH, THOUGH TRUMP 19 00:00:52,853 --> 00:00:54,288 TRIES NOT TO USE THE WORD "WAR," 20 00:00:54,354 --> 00:01:00,294 FOR REASONS HE PROBABLY 21 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:00,894 SHOULDN'T BE SAYING OUT LOUD. 22 00:01:00,961 --> 00:01:01,795 >> I WON'T USE THE WORD "WAR" 23 00:01:01,862 --> 00:01:02,462 BECAUSE THEY SAY, IF YOU USE THE 24 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:03,096 WORD "WAR," THAT'S MAYBE NOT A 25 00:01:03,163 --> 00:01:04,331 GOOD THING TO DO. 26 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:04,965 THEY DON'T LIKE THE WORD "WAR," 27 00:01:05,032 --> 00:01:06,300 BECAUSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET 28 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:08,801 APPROVAL, SO I'LL USE THE WORD 29 00:01:08,869 --> 00:01:09,436 "MILITARY OPERATION," WHICH IS 30 00:01:09,503 --> 00:01:09,870 REALLY WHAT IT IS. 31 00:01:09,937 --> 00:01:11,805 >> John: WHAT? 32 00:01:11,872 --> 00:01:13,807 HE REALLY JUST TALKS LIKE A 33 00:01:13,874 --> 00:01:14,808 6-YEAR-OLD SPEAKING STREAM OF 34 00:01:14,875 --> 00:01:16,810 CONSCIOUSNESS TO A STRANGER. 35 00:01:16,877 --> 00:01:17,811 "AND MY MOM SAYS I'M NOT ALLOWED 36 00:01:17,878 --> 00:01:18,812 TO TALK ABOUT MY PENIS WITH 37 00:01:18,879 --> 00:01:20,314 OTHER PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH 38 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:21,315 EVERYBODY HAS ONE. 39 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:22,816 WELL, NOT HER AND NOT MY SISTER. 40 00:01:22,883 --> 00:01:24,318 BUT MY DAD AND I BOTH HAVE 41 00:01:24,384 --> 00:01:26,320 PENISES BUT WE CAN'T SAY THAT 42 00:01:26,386 --> 00:01:26,954 WHEN THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE 43 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:27,187 AROUND. 44 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:28,822 EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE KNOWS CAUSE 45 00:01:28,889 --> 00:01:29,423 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PENISES. 46 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:29,856 UNLESS THEY DON'T. 47 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:33,827 BUT I DO." 48 00:01:33,894 --> 00:01:34,728 BUT LOOK, WHATEVER YOU CALL THIS 49 00:01:34,795 --> 00:01:35,829 CONFLICT, IT'S BEEN CHAOS. 50 00:01:35,896 --> 00:01:36,463 LAST SATURDAY, TRUMP THREATENED 51 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:37,331 TO ATTACK IRAN'S POWER GRID IF 52 00:01:37,396 --> 00:01:38,332 THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WASN'T 53 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:39,333 OPENED, WRITING HE'D BE 54 00:01:39,399 --> 00:01:40,334 "STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST" 55 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,336 POWER PLANT FIRST, WHICH WOULD 56 00:01:42,402 --> 00:01:44,338 BE A WAR CRIME, IF THIS WAS A 57 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:46,840 WAR, BUT LUCKILY WE KNOW IT 58 00:01:46,907 --> 00:01:47,841 ISN'T. 59 00:01:47,908 --> 00:01:48,842 THEN ON MONDAY, HE SAID HE'D 60 00:01:48,908 --> 00:01:49,843 DELAY THOSE STRIKES FOR FIVE 61 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:51,845 DAYS AFTER "VERY GOOD AND 62 00:01:51,912 --> 00:01:52,846 PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS" WITH 63 00:01:52,913 --> 00:01:54,348 IRAN -- DISCUSSIONS THEY'VE 64 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:54,848 DENIED TOOK PLACE. 65 00:01:54,914 --> 00:01:56,350 HE'S SINCE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE 66 00:01:56,416 --> 00:02:00,854 UNTIL APRIL 6TH, EVEN AS IRAN'S 67 00:02:00,921 --> 00:02:01,521 CONTINUED TO BOMB U.S. BASES AND 68 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:02,055 ALLIES ACROSS THE REGION. 69 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:02,856 ALMOST 2,000 IRANIANS HAVE BEEN 70 00:02:02,923 --> 00:02:03,857 KILLED SO FAR, AS WELL AS 13 US 71 00:02:03,924 --> 00:02:04,858 SERVICE MEMBERS, AND TRUMP'S 72 00:02:04,925 --> 00:02:05,492 REPORTEDLY WEIGHING WHETHER TO 73 00:02:05,559 --> 00:02:12,566 MOVE AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 TROOPS 74 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:13,367 TO THE REGION. 75 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:14,001 IT SURE FEELS LIKE WE'RE IN AN 76 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:14,668 UNNECESSARY WAR WITH NO ENDGAME, 77 00:02:14,735 --> 00:02:15,869 THOUGH THE PRESIDENT'S 78 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:16,503 SUPPORTERS INSIST THAT, IF YOU 79 00:02:16,570 --> 00:02:17,170 JUST LOOK AT THINGS IN THE RIGHT 80 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:24,244 WAY, IT ALL MAKES SENSE. 81 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:25,045 >> HERE'S WHY WE WENT INTO IRAN, 82 00:02:25,112 --> 00:02:25,879 WE HAD NO CHOICE. 83 00:02:25,946 --> 00:02:26,480 THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T START A 84 00:02:26,546 --> 00:02:29,883 WAR. 85 00:02:29,950 --> 00:02:32,386 HE WAS TRYING TO STOP A WAR. 86 00:02:32,452 --> 00:02:33,887 >> John: OH, I GET IT. 87 00:02:33,954 --> 00:02:36,390 SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO START A 88 00:02:36,456 --> 00:02:37,891 WAR TO STOP A WAR. 89 00:02:37,958 --> 00:02:38,892 THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE TO SPEND 90 00:02:38,959 --> 00:02:41,395 MONEY TO MAKE MONEY, OR FAKE IT 91 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:42,029 'TIL YOU MAKE IT -- Y'KNOW, ANY 92 00:02:42,095 --> 00:02:43,897 OF THOSE THINGS PEOPLE SAY WHEN 93 00:02:43,964 --> 00:02:46,400 THEY'RE IN WAY OVER THEIR HEAD. 94 00:02:46,466 --> 00:02:47,401 AND LOOK, THERE'LL CLEARLY BE 95 00:02:47,466 --> 00:02:48,402 MORE TO SAY ABOUT IRAN GOING 96 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:49,403 FORWARD, BUT FOR NOW..... 97 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:50,404 WE'RE GOING TO DIVE STRAIGHT IN 98 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:51,905 WITH OUR MAIN STORY THIS WEEK, 99 00:02:51,972 --> 00:02:58,978 WHICH CONCERNS HUNGARY. 100 00:03:00,981 --> 00:03:02,416 A COUNTRY WITH OVER A THOUSAND 101 00:03:02,482 --> 00:03:03,417 YEARS A RICH HISTORY, PROUD 102 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:04,418 CULTURE, AND ABSOLUTELY NO 103 00:03:04,484 --> 00:03:05,052 CHANCE OF YOU FINDING IT ON THIS 104 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:05,218 MAP. 105 00:03:05,285 --> 00:03:06,920 NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER. 106 00:03:06,987 --> 00:03:07,587 NO SHADE TO HUNGARY, BY THE WAY, 107 00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:08,021 THAT'S ALL ON YOU. 108 00:03:08,088 --> 00:03:08,622 HUNGARY'S GIVEN A LOT TO THE 109 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:09,423 WORLD, FROM BELA LUGOSI, TO THE 110 00:03:09,489 --> 00:03:10,924 RUBIK'S CUBE, TO, OF COURSE, THE 111 00:03:10,991 --> 00:03:11,925 GAME HUNGRY HUNGARY HIPPOS. 112 00:03:11,992 --> 00:03:13,427 YEAH, THAT SECOND "HUNGRY" HAS 113 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:13,927 AN "A" IN IT. 114 00:03:13,994 --> 00:03:16,930 ALWAYS DID! 115 00:03:16,997 --> 00:03:18,432 WILD, HUH? 116 00:03:18,498 --> 00:03:20,434 IT'S ALSO BROUGHT US ONE OF THE 117 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:22,969 INTERNET'S GREATEST-EVER MEMES. 118 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:23,570 >> ANDRAS, A RETIRED ELECTRIC 119 00:03:23,637 --> 00:03:24,938 ENGINEER, WAS ASKED TO BE A 120 00:03:25,005 --> 00:03:26,440 MODEL FOR STOCK PHOTOS 10 YEARS 121 00:03:26,506 --> 00:03:27,974 AGO. 122 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:30,944 THE INTERNET DISCOVERED THEM AND 123 00:03:31,011 --> 00:03:31,545 DECIDED THAT HIS SMILE HIDES A 124 00:03:31,611 --> 00:03:36,450 DEEP SORROW. 125 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:38,452 HE BECAME "HIDE THE PAIN 126 00:03:38,518 --> 00:03:38,952 HAROLD." 127 00:03:39,019 --> 00:03:39,953 A FLURRY OF MEMES FOLLOWED, AND 128 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:40,587 ANDRAS FOUND THAT HIS FACE WAS 129 00:03:40,654 --> 00:03:41,121 THE LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THE 130 00:03:41,188 --> 00:03:41,454 INTERNET. 131 00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:42,456 >> IF I WANTED TO DRAW A LESSON 132 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:43,957 FROM WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, I 133 00:03:44,024 --> 00:03:45,959 WOULD SAY, LIFE THROWS ALL KINDS 134 00:03:46,026 --> 00:03:46,460 OF CHALLENGES AT YOU. 135 00:03:46,526 --> 00:03:49,463 YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT AS IT COMES, 136 00:03:49,529 --> 00:03:50,964 TRY OUT AS MANY THINGS AS 137 00:03:51,031 --> 00:03:51,965 POSSIBLE, AND WHO KNOWS, YOU 138 00:03:52,031 --> 00:03:54,968 MIGHT EVEN BECOME A MEME. 139 00:03:55,035 --> 00:03:55,969 >> John: OKAY, HAROLD, BUT I'M 140 00:03:56,036 --> 00:03:57,971 NOT SURE "YOU MIGHT BECOME A 141 00:03:58,038 --> 00:03:58,972 MEME" IS QUITE AS ASPIRATIONAL 142 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:01,475 AS YOU THINK. 143 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:02,976 THOUGH TO BE FAIR, PUTTING ON A 144 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:05,479 BRAVE SMILE DESPITE INNER REGRET 145 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:08,482 IS THIS GUY'S WHOLE THING. 146 00:04:08,548 --> 00:04:09,116 HE BRINGS THAT "HIDE THE PAIN" 147 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:09,750 ENERGY TO ALL HIS STOCK PHOTOS, 148 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:11,985 WHETHER HE'S ANSWERING THE 149 00:04:12,052 --> 00:04:13,987 PHONE, WHISKING EGGS, PAINTING A 150 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:16,490 WALL, READING A PATIENT'S X-RAY, 151 00:04:16,555 --> 00:04:17,991 OR RIDING AN EXERCISE BIKE. 152 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:18,992 EVEN WHEN HE'S SANTA AND HIS 153 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:19,593 FACE IS COVERED BY A HAT AND 154 00:04:19,659 --> 00:04:24,498 BEARD, HAROLD'S EYES STILL 155 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:25,499 MANAGE TO HIDE THE PAIN. 156 00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:26,133 LOOK AT THAT AND TELL ME SANTA 157 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:27,501 DIDN'T JUST ACCIDENTALLY RUN 158 00:04:27,567 --> 00:04:28,168 OVER AN ELF AND HASTILY HIDE THE 159 00:04:28,235 --> 00:04:30,003 BODY. 160 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:31,004 THE REASON I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 161 00:04:31,071 --> 00:04:32,005 HUNGARY IS IT'S SET FOR 162 00:04:32,072 --> 00:04:34,007 ELECTIONS ON APRIL 12. 163 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:34,641 VOTERS THERE WILL CHOOSE A NEW 164 00:04:34,707 --> 00:04:35,509 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY -- THEIR 165 00:04:35,575 --> 00:04:37,010 PARLIAMENT -- WHICH IN TURN WILL 166 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:39,012 MEAN EITHER A NEW PRIME 167 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:40,013 MINISTER, OR THE REELECTION OF 168 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,515 THEIR CURRENT ONE, VIKTOR ORBAN. 169 00:04:41,581 --> 00:04:43,016 HE'S BEEN IN THE OFFICE SINCE 170 00:04:43,082 --> 00:04:44,518 2010, WITH AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY 171 00:04:44,584 --> 00:04:47,020 IN HUNGARY'S GOVERNMENT FOR THE 172 00:04:47,087 --> 00:04:51,525 ENTIRE 16 YEARS OF HIS TENURE. 173 00:04:51,591 --> 00:04:52,526 HE'S ACTUALLY THE LONGEST 174 00:04:52,592 --> 00:04:54,027 SERVING CURRENT HEAD OF 175 00:04:54,094 --> 00:04:55,028 GOVERNMENT IN THE EU. 176 00:04:55,095 --> 00:04:55,695 AND IF YOU WANT A QUICK TASTE OF 177 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:56,263 WHAT KIND OF LEADER ORBAN'S 178 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:59,533 BEEN, TAKE THIS TESTIMONIAL 179 00:04:59,599 --> 00:05:00,534 VIDEO HE POSTED, FEATURING A 180 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:01,201 REAL "WHO'S WHO" OF "PEOPLE I'VE 181 00:05:01,268 --> 00:05:04,037 CALLED ASSHOLES ON THIS SHOW," 182 00:05:04,104 --> 00:05:05,539 INCLUDING NETANYAHU, 183 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:09,543 MARINE LEPEN, JAVIER MILEI, AND 184 00:05:09,609 --> 00:05:10,610 A FOURTH PERSON THAT I'LL LET 185 00:05:10,677 --> 00:05:11,144 YOU DISCOVER FOR YOURSELF. 186 00:05:11,211 --> 00:05:11,778 >> SECURITY CANNOT BE TAKEN FOR 187 00:05:11,845 --> 00:05:12,546 GRANTED. 188 00:05:12,612 --> 00:05:13,113 IT MUST BE WON, AND I THINK 189 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:15,048 VIKTOR ORBAN HAS ALL THOSE 190 00:05:15,115 --> 00:05:16,049 QUALITIES. 191 00:05:16,116 --> 00:05:18,051 HE HAS THE TENACITY, THE 192 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:19,052 COURAGE, AND THE WISDOM TO 193 00:05:19,119 --> 00:05:20,554 PROTECT HIS COUNTRY. 194 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:22,055 >> IT IS THANKS TO LEADERS LIKE 195 00:05:22,122 --> 00:05:26,059 VIKTOR THAT THE CAMP OF 196 00:05:26,126 --> 00:05:27,060 PATRIOTS, DEFENDERS OF NATIONS, 197 00:05:27,127 --> 00:05:27,727 AND SOVEREIGN PEOPLE ARE WINNING 198 00:05:27,794 --> 00:05:30,564 IN EUROPE. 199 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:31,565 >> I FERVENTLY SUPPORT 200 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:33,066 PRIME MINISTER ORBAN AND THE 201 00:05:33,133 --> 00:05:33,567 FIDESZ PARTY. 202 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:34,568 >> AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE 203 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:36,069 HIM, AND ALSO TO ENCOURAGE ALL 204 00:05:36,136 --> 00:05:37,571 HUNGARIANS TO CONTINUE AND MOVE 205 00:05:37,637 --> 00:05:39,072 FORWARD TO PROTECT YOUR GREAT 206 00:05:39,139 --> 00:05:39,606 CULTURE AND YOUR AMAZING 207 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:41,575 COUNTRY. 208 00:05:41,641 --> 00:05:43,577 >> John: YEP, IT'S NONE OTHER 209 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:44,578 THAN ACADEMY-AWARD-WATCHING 210 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:47,080 ACTOR ROB SCHNEIDER! 211 00:05:47,147 --> 00:05:48,081 AND THAT IS A PRETTY WEIRD 212 00:05:48,148 --> 00:05:48,582 CAMEO. 213 00:05:48,648 --> 00:05:50,082 IT'S LIKE IF THE AVENGERS MOVIE 214 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:51,084 STARRED THREE AVENGERS AND ALSO 215 00:05:51,151 --> 00:05:54,087 ROB SCHNEIDER. 216 00:05:54,154 --> 00:05:55,589 BUT IT'S NOT JUST THOSE 217 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:57,591 CELEBRITIES AND ALSO 218 00:05:57,657 --> 00:05:58,091 ROB SCHNEIDER. 219 00:05:58,158 --> 00:05:58,725 ORBAN HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP 220 00:05:58,792 --> 00:05:59,359 WITH MANY CONSERVATIVES IN THIS 221 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:00,093 COUNTRY. 222 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,596 HE'S NOT ONLY BEEN INVITED TO 223 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:07,100 SPEAK AT CPAC, CPAC ITSELF HAS 224 00:06:07,167 --> 00:06:07,634 BEEN HOLDING A SATELLITE 225 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:08,602 CONFERENCE IN HUNGARY FOR THE 226 00:06:08,668 --> 00:06:09,236 PAST FEW YEARS, WHERE NUMEROUS 227 00:06:09,302 --> 00:06:10,103 U.S. CONSERVATIVES HAVE SHOWN 228 00:06:10,170 --> 00:06:12,105 UP, ARGUING THAT AMERICA SHOULD 229 00:06:12,172 --> 00:06:12,739 REALLY BE TAKING A LESSON FROM 230 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:14,107 ORBAN'S WORK. 231 00:06:14,174 --> 00:06:15,609 >> THERE ARE MANY CONSERVATIVE 232 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:18,612 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO, LIKE 233 00:06:18,678 --> 00:06:19,212 ME, WANT TO SEE HUNGARY AS A 234 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,114 BEACON IN THE WEST. 235 00:06:21,181 --> 00:06:22,616 >> HUNGARY'S IMMIGRATION POLICY 236 00:06:22,682 --> 00:06:23,250 SHOULD SERVE AS A MODEL TO THE 237 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:24,117 UNITED STATES. 238 00:06:24,184 --> 00:06:26,119 >> ONE PLACE WHERE HUNGARY 239 00:06:26,186 --> 00:06:27,120 CLEARLY HAS LED EUROPE IS IN 240 00:06:27,187 --> 00:06:28,622 REASSERTING ITS NATIONAL 241 00:06:28,688 --> 00:06:30,123 IDENTITY, SPECIFICALLY WITH 242 00:06:30,190 --> 00:06:30,657 REGARD TO REJECTING MASS 243 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:32,125 MIGRATION. 244 00:06:32,192 --> 00:06:33,627 >> LITTLE DID I KNOW I WOULD 245 00:06:33,693 --> 00:06:37,631 WALK INTO BUDAPEST AND BASICALLY 246 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:39,132 SEE ALL OF THE POLICIES THAT WE 247 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:42,636 DREAM FOR IN ARIZONA. 248 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:43,270 >> John: OKAY, FIRST, BASED ON 249 00:06:43,336 --> 00:06:44,170 THAT BLOUSE, I DON'T THINK KARI 250 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,138 LAKE CAME FROM ARIZONA, AS MUCH 251 00:06:45,205 --> 00:06:47,641 AS FROM 1987. 252 00:06:47,707 --> 00:06:48,642 BUT ALSO, IF YOU LOVE BUDAPEST 253 00:06:48,707 --> 00:06:51,645 SO MUCH, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU 254 00:06:51,711 --> 00:06:53,647 CAN AND SHOULD GO LIVE THERE! 255 00:06:53,713 --> 00:06:55,148 THE POINT IS, REPUBLICANS LOVE 256 00:06:55,215 --> 00:06:56,650 VIKTOR ORBAN. 257 00:06:56,716 --> 00:06:58,151 HE'S EVEN BEEN OFFICIALLY 258 00:06:58,218 --> 00:06:59,653 ENDORSED IN THIS UPCOMING 259 00:06:59,719 --> 00:07:00,220 ELECTION BY TRUMP, WHO ONCE 260 00:07:00,287 --> 00:07:02,155 PRAISED HIM LIKE THIS. 261 00:07:02,222 --> 00:07:03,156 >> YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY 262 00:07:03,223 --> 00:07:04,157 HONORED -- THERE'S A MAN, 263 00:07:04,224 --> 00:07:09,663 VIKTOR ORBAN. 264 00:07:09,729 --> 00:07:10,330 DID EVERY -- ANYONE EVER HEAR OF 265 00:07:10,397 --> 00:07:10,530 HIM? 266 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:11,164 HE'S PROBABLY, LIKE, ONE OF THE 267 00:07:11,231 --> 00:07:11,765 STRONGEST LEADERS ANYWHERE IN 268 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:12,165 THE WORLD. 269 00:07:12,232 --> 00:07:14,668 AND HE -- HE'S THE LEADER 270 00:07:14,734 --> 00:07:15,168 OF -- RIGHT? 271 00:07:15,235 --> 00:07:16,169 HE'S THE LEADER OF TURKEY. 272 00:07:16,236 --> 00:07:19,673 >> John: NOPE. 273 00:07:19,739 --> 00:07:21,675 NO. 274 00:07:21,741 --> 00:07:22,175 NO, HE ISN'T. 275 00:07:22,242 --> 00:07:22,809 CLOSE, THOUGH, YOU ARE THINKING 276 00:07:22,876 --> 00:07:23,276 OF THE RIGHT PLANET. 277 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:24,177 THOUGH, IN TRUMP'S DEFENSE, 278 00:07:24,244 --> 00:07:25,178 HUNGARY AND TURKEY ARE BOTH IN 279 00:07:25,245 --> 00:07:26,680 THE SAME REGION, BOTH RULED BY 280 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:28,181 AN AUTHORITARIAN, AND BOTH WORDS 281 00:07:28,248 --> 00:07:30,183 THAT A CAVEMAN WOULD SAY WHILE 282 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:30,717 ORDERING A SANDWICH. 283 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:32,218 SO YOU CAN SEE WHY HIS BRAIN 284 00:07:32,284 --> 00:07:33,687 WENT THERE. 285 00:07:33,753 --> 00:07:34,688 AND THE LOVEFEST BETWEEN ORBAN 286 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:35,322 AND AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES IS A 287 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:37,190 TWO-WAY STREET. 288 00:07:37,257 --> 00:07:38,692 IN FACT, JUST LAST SATURDAY, HE 289 00:07:38,758 --> 00:07:40,193 SPOKE AT THE LATEST CPAC 290 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:42,195 HUNGARY, AND OUTLINED HOW HE 291 00:07:42,262 --> 00:07:44,197 SEES HIMSELF FITTING IN TO A 292 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:48,702 GLOBAL CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. 293 00:07:48,768 --> 00:07:50,704 >> SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WIN, 294 00:07:50,770 --> 00:07:51,338 THE WESTERN WORLD HAS BECOME A 295 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:55,207 BETTER PLACE. 296 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:58,211 GENDER PROPAGANDA AND WOKE 297 00:07:58,278 --> 00:07:59,713 IDEOLOGY HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK. 298 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:00,714 PEOPLE CAN PROUDLY EMBRACE 299 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:02,716 CHRISTIANITY, AS THE FOUNDATION 300 00:08:02,782 --> 00:08:03,283 AND SUSTAINING FORCE OF OUR 301 00:08:03,350 --> 00:08:05,719 CIVILIZATION. 302 00:08:05,785 --> 00:08:08,722 WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THE 303 00:08:08,788 --> 00:08:10,223 LARGEST POLITICAL REALIGNMENT IN 304 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:10,757 WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN A 305 00:08:10,824 --> 00:08:12,225 HUNDRED YEARS. 306 00:08:12,292 --> 00:08:13,727 THE EPICENTER OF THIS CHANGE IS 307 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:17,230 THE UNITED STATES, AND IT'S 308 00:08:17,297 --> 00:08:17,731 EUROPEAN FORWARD BASE IS 309 00:08:17,797 --> 00:08:18,231 HUNGARY. 310 00:08:18,298 --> 00:08:19,265 >> John: WOW. 311 00:08:19,332 --> 00:08:20,233 THERE'S A LOT THERE, BUT CITING 312 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:21,735 THE WEST'S "LARGEST POLITICAL 313 00:08:21,801 --> 00:08:24,237 REALIGNMENT IN A HUNDRED YEARS," 314 00:08:24,304 --> 00:08:25,238 IS PRETTY STRIKING, GIVEN, 315 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:26,239 Y'KNOW... 316 00:08:26,306 --> 00:08:28,742 WHAT STARTED HAPPENING IN EUROPE 317 00:08:28,808 --> 00:08:31,244 AROUND 100 YEARS AGO. 318 00:08:31,311 --> 00:08:31,845 THAT'S RIGHT: WINNIE-THE-POOH 319 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:33,246 WAS FIRST PUBLISHED. 320 00:08:33,313 --> 00:08:33,813 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE 321 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,248 THINKING ABOUT. 322 00:08:35,315 --> 00:08:36,750 BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW: THINGS IN 323 00:08:36,816 --> 00:08:37,350 HUNGARY AREN'T ACTUALLY GOING 324 00:08:37,417 --> 00:08:39,251 GREAT. 325 00:08:39,318 --> 00:08:39,852 ON ORBAN'S WATCH, IT'S BECOME 326 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:41,254 ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN 327 00:08:41,321 --> 00:08:41,755 THE EU. 328 00:08:41,821 --> 00:08:43,756 SO IT'S FRANKLY NO SURPRISE THAT 329 00:08:43,823 --> 00:08:45,759 IN RECENT YEARS, THERE'VE BEEN 330 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:46,326 PLENTY OF PROTESTS AGAINST 331 00:08:46,393 --> 00:08:46,960 ORBAN'S GOVERNMENT, LIKE THIS 332 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:51,264 ONE. 333 00:08:51,331 --> 00:08:52,265 >> THEY'RE CHANTING -- FRICKING 334 00:08:52,332 --> 00:08:53,266 DIRTY FIDESZ. 335 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:54,768 VIKTOR ORBAN'S PARTY. 336 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:55,769 >> WHAT'S UP WITH THE ZEBRA? 337 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:58,271 WHAT DOES THE ZEBRA SYMBOLIZE? 338 00:08:58,338 --> 00:09:00,774 >> ACCORDING TO THE RUMORS, 339 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,276 ORBAN HAS AN ESTATE IN THE 340 00:09:03,343 --> 00:09:03,877 COUNTRYSIDE WHERE ZEBRAS WERE 341 00:09:03,943 --> 00:09:05,779 SPOTTED. 342 00:09:05,845 --> 00:09:09,282 >> THE SIGN BACK THERE THAT'S 343 00:09:09,349 --> 00:09:10,283 KIND OF THE CENTER OF THIS SAYS, 344 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:14,287 "HUNGARY IS A DICTATORSHIP." 345 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:16,790 AND THEN, I'M BEING TOLD, "O1G" 346 00:09:16,856 --> 00:09:19,292 MEANS "ORBAN IS A SPERM." 347 00:09:19,359 --> 00:09:22,295 "ORBAN IS A SPERM." 348 00:09:22,362 --> 00:09:25,298 >> John: YEAH, ORBAN IS A SPERM! 349 00:09:25,365 --> 00:09:26,299 WHICH I ASSUME IS AN INSULT, AND 350 00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:27,300 DOESN'T JUST MEAN THAT HE TASTES 351 00:09:27,367 --> 00:09:27,901 SLIGHTLY BETTER WHEN YOU EAT 352 00:09:27,967 --> 00:09:29,803 PINEAPPLE. 353 00:09:29,869 --> 00:09:31,304 ALSO, THAT RUMOR ABOUT ZEBRAS 354 00:09:31,371 --> 00:09:33,306 BEING SPOTTED IS AMAZING IF 355 00:09:33,373 --> 00:09:34,808 TRUE, AS ALL THE ZEBRAS I'VE 356 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:35,809 EVER SEEN HAVE BEEN "STRIPED." 357 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:41,314 BOOM! 358 00:09:41,381 --> 00:09:41,815 BOOM, BOOM! 359 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:42,315 I GOT THAT GUY SO GOOD! 360 00:09:42,382 --> 00:09:42,982 THIS SHOW'S YOUR ONLY SOURCE FOR 361 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:44,317 ANIMAL PUNS AND JOKES ABOUT 362 00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:45,318 DRINKING SEMEN IN, FRANKLY, TOO 363 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:48,321 RAPID SUCCESSION. 364 00:09:48,388 --> 00:09:49,823 ORBAN'S FIDESZ PARTY HAS 365 00:09:49,889 --> 00:09:52,325 ACTUALLY BEEN TRAILING BY DOUBLE 366 00:09:52,392 --> 00:09:53,326 DIGITS IN MOST POLLS AHEAD OF 367 00:09:53,393 --> 00:09:55,328 THIS ELECTION, BUT THEY MAY 368 00:09:55,395 --> 00:09:57,397 STILL WIN ANYWAY, FOR REASONS 369 00:09:57,464 --> 00:09:58,898 WE'LL GET INTO LATER. 370 00:09:58,965 --> 00:09:59,899 SO GIVEN HUNGARY'S ELECTION IS 371 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:01,835 JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND HOW 372 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:03,336 INVESTED IN ORBAN CONSERVATIVES 373 00:10:03,403 --> 00:10:04,337 HERE CLEARLY ARE, WE THOUGHT 374 00:10:04,404 --> 00:10:05,338 TONIGHT, IT MIGHT BE WORTH 375 00:10:05,405 --> 00:10:07,340 TAKING A LOOK AT VIKTOR ORBAN. 376 00:10:07,407 --> 00:10:10,844 AND LET'S START WITH A LITTLE 377 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:11,478 HISTORY, AND I'LL SKIP PAST THE 378 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:12,345 STUFF WE ALL LEARNED IN SCHOOL 379 00:10:12,412 --> 00:10:13,346 ABOUT HUNGARY, LIKE HOW IT -- 380 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:15,348 SAY IT WITH ME -- WAS PART OF 381 00:10:15,415 --> 00:10:17,851 THE SOVIET BLOC FOR MUCH OF THE 382 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:20,353 20TH CENTURY WHERE IT OPERATED 383 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:21,855 UNDER A COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP. 384 00:10:21,921 --> 00:10:23,857 EXACTLY. 385 00:10:23,923 --> 00:10:25,358 WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE 386 00:10:25,425 --> 00:10:27,360 THANKS TO AMERICA'S FAMOUSLY 387 00:10:27,427 --> 00:10:27,961 THOROUGH AND GLOBALLY CURIOUS 388 00:10:28,027 --> 00:10:31,865 EDUCATION SYSTEM. 389 00:10:31,931 --> 00:10:33,366 BUT WHEN THE COMMUNIST BLOC 390 00:10:33,433 --> 00:10:34,000 BEGAN TO CRUMBLE, ORBAN WAS IN 391 00:10:34,067 --> 00:10:34,868 THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT 392 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:36,369 TIME -- HERE HE IS IN 1989 AS A 393 00:10:36,436 --> 00:10:37,871 26-YEAR-OLD, CALLING FOR THE 394 00:10:37,937 --> 00:10:40,373 WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET TROOPS AND 395 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:41,374 FREE HUNGARIAN ELECTIONS. 396 00:10:41,441 --> 00:10:42,876 AND WHILE I'M NO FAN OF ORBAN'S 397 00:10:42,942 --> 00:10:46,880 LATER WORK, I'LL ADMIT, HE WAS A 398 00:10:46,946 --> 00:10:47,881 LATE '80s SNACK. 399 00:10:47,947 --> 00:10:48,448 HE'S LIKE MEL GIBSON THERE. 400 00:10:48,515 --> 00:10:49,883 HE'S GOT THE HAIR, THE 401 00:10:49,949 --> 00:10:51,384 INTENSITY, AND THE LOOMING SENSE 402 00:10:51,451 --> 00:10:52,385 THAT THINGS WILL EVENTUALLY TAKE 403 00:10:52,452 --> 00:10:56,389 A DARK TURN. 404 00:10:56,456 --> 00:10:56,990 NOW AFTER THE FALL OF SOVIET 405 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:57,590 COMMUNISM, ORBAN TOOK PART IN 406 00:10:57,657 --> 00:10:58,191 TALKS THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO 407 00:10:58,258 --> 00:10:58,892 HUNGARY'S DEMOCRACY. 408 00:10:58,958 --> 00:11:01,895 AND AT THE TIME, HE AND FIDESZ 409 00:11:01,961 --> 00:11:02,896 WERE ACTUALLY A RELATIVELY 410 00:11:02,962 --> 00:11:03,396 LIBERAL YOUTH MOVEMENT. 411 00:11:03,463 --> 00:11:05,398 IN FACT, EARLY ON, ONLY PEOPLE 412 00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:05,999 UNDER 35 COULD EVEN JOIN THE 413 00:11:06,065 --> 00:11:08,902 PARTY. 414 00:11:08,968 --> 00:11:09,536 JUST LOOK AT ONE OF THEIR EARLY 415 00:11:09,602 --> 00:11:16,609 '90S CAMPAIGN ADS. 416 00:11:19,479 --> 00:11:21,414 ♪ ♪ 417 00:11:21,481 --> 00:11:25,919 >> HERE AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 418 00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:30,423 >> A BLANK SLATE. 419 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:34,427 >> A NEW DEMOCRACY. 420 00:11:34,494 --> 00:11:37,430 >> A NEW HUNGARY. 421 00:11:37,497 --> 00:11:39,933 >> VOTE FOR FIDESZ. 422 00:11:39,999 --> 00:11:43,937 >> John: KIRÁLY. 423 00:11:44,003 --> 00:11:45,438 THAT AD'S GOT EVERYTHING '90s 424 00:11:45,505 --> 00:11:47,440 KIDS LOVED: MAPS, AN ORANGE, 425 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:49,442 DOMINOS, AND A BUNCH OF GUYS WHO 426 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:50,944 LOOK LIKE THEY'RE RUNNING FOR 427 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:51,611 THE PRESIDENT OF A COLLEGE RADIO 428 00:11:51,678 --> 00:11:51,945 STATION. 429 00:11:52,011 --> 00:11:52,946 THERE WAS VIKTOR ORBAN, 430 00:11:53,012 --> 00:11:55,448 HUNGARIAN ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL, 431 00:11:55,515 --> 00:11:56,950 A STEAKHOUSE WAITER ON HIS SMOKE 432 00:11:57,016 --> 00:11:57,550 BREAK, AND, OF COURSE, VIRGIN 433 00:11:57,617 --> 00:12:00,954 JOHN MAYER. 434 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:01,588 BACK THEN, FIDESZ CAMPAIGNED ON 435 00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:02,956 ADOPTING WESTERN EUROPEAN 436 00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:03,957 ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL 437 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:05,959 STANDARDS, AND LIMITING THE ROLE 438 00:12:06,025 --> 00:12:07,460 OF THE STATE AND THE INFLUENCE 439 00:12:07,527 --> 00:12:09,462 OF RELIGION ON PUBLIC LIFE. 440 00:12:09,529 --> 00:12:10,964 BUT AFTER ORBAN WAS ELECTED TO 441 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:12,966 PARLIAMENT IN 1990, HE STARTED 442 00:12:13,032 --> 00:12:14,467 MOVING THE PARTY TO THE RIGHT. 443 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:15,468 HE EVENTUALLY BECAME EUROPE'S 444 00:12:15,535 --> 00:12:17,470 YOUNGEST PRIME MINISTER IN 1998, 445 00:12:17,537 --> 00:12:18,037 ONLY TO LOSE AFTER JUST ONE 446 00:12:18,104 --> 00:12:19,973 TERM. 447 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:22,976 AND IN HIS YEARS OUT OF POWER, 448 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:23,977 HE CONTINUED MOVING TO THE 449 00:12:24,043 --> 00:12:27,981 RIGHT, AMPING UP NATIONALIST, 450 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:28,982 POPULIST RHETORIC, AND STARTING 451 00:12:29,048 --> 00:12:29,616 TO WRAP HIMSELF IN RELIGION -- 452 00:12:29,682 --> 00:12:30,483 AND AS HE TELLS IT NOW, HE 453 00:12:30,550 --> 00:12:31,484 DEVELOPED A PRETTY STARK 454 00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:34,988 PHILOSOPHY. 455 00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:35,588 >> IN ORDER TO WIN, IT IS NOT 456 00:12:35,655 --> 00:12:38,491 ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE 457 00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:38,992 FIGHTING FOR. 458 00:12:39,058 --> 00:12:39,592 YOU ALSO HAVE TO KNOW HOW YOU 459 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:45,999 SHOULD FIGHT. 460 00:12:46,065 --> 00:12:47,000 MY ANSWER IS, PLAY BY YOUR OWN 461 00:12:47,066 --> 00:12:47,500 RULES. 462 00:12:47,567 --> 00:12:50,003 >> John: NOW, ON THE SURFACE, 463 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:50,603 "PLAY BY YOUR OWN RULES" IS A 464 00:12:50,670 --> 00:12:54,507 PRETTY BANAL SENTIMENT. 465 00:12:54,574 --> 00:12:55,508 IT'S THE "LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE" FOR 466 00:12:55,575 --> 00:12:56,409 PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN DIVORCED 467 00:12:56,476 --> 00:12:56,609 YET. 468 00:12:56,676 --> 00:12:58,511 BUT HUNGARY SOON FOUND OUT WHAT 469 00:12:58,578 --> 00:12:59,145 HE MEANT BY THAT IN A POLITICAL 470 00:12:59,212 --> 00:13:00,013 SENSE. 471 00:13:00,079 --> 00:13:02,015 BECAUSE IN 2010, AFTER THE 472 00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:03,016 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND A 473 00:13:03,082 --> 00:13:04,517 SCANDAL IN HUNGARY'S RULING 474 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:07,020 PARTY, ORBAN WAS SWEPT BACK INTO 475 00:13:07,086 --> 00:13:09,022 POWER, WITH A 2/3 SUPERMAJORITY, 476 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:10,523 AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TAMPERING 477 00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:11,524 WITH THE RULES, TO MAKE SURE HE 478 00:13:11,591 --> 00:13:13,026 NEVER LOST AGAIN. 479 00:13:13,092 --> 00:13:15,028 AS HE PUT IT, "WE HAVE TO WIN 480 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:16,529 ONCE, BUT THEN WIN BIG." 481 00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:18,031 ESSENTIALLY MEANING, IF HE EVER 482 00:13:18,097 --> 00:13:19,532 GAINED POWER, HE'D USE IT TO 483 00:13:19,599 --> 00:13:20,033 FORTIFY HIS POSITION 484 00:13:20,099 --> 00:13:21,534 INDEFINITELY. 485 00:13:21,601 --> 00:13:23,036 AND "WE ONLY HAVE TO WIN ONCE" 486 00:13:23,102 --> 00:13:25,038 IS ONE OF THE MORE OMINOUS 487 00:13:25,104 --> 00:13:29,542 THINGS TO HEAR FROM A LEADER, 488 00:13:29,609 --> 00:13:30,543 RIGHT UP THERE ALONG WITH "TRUST 489 00:13:30,610 --> 00:13:36,549 ME, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THE 490 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:37,550 KOOL-AID," "OPEN THE GATES, 491 00:13:37,617 --> 00:13:38,551 PAPA GOTTA GET A CLOSER LOOK AT 492 00:13:38,618 --> 00:13:39,118 THAT BIG OLD HORSE," AND "NO 493 00:13:39,185 --> 00:13:39,552 SMOKING? 494 00:13:39,619 --> 00:13:40,219 WHAT IS THIS, A BLIMP FOR DORKS? 495 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:41,054 PASS ME MY LIGHTER!" 496 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:41,721 SURE ENOUGH, ONCE BACK IN POWER, 497 00:13:41,788 --> 00:13:42,355 ORBAN MOVED SWIFTLY TO SOLIDIFY 498 00:13:42,422 --> 00:13:43,556 CONTROL. 499 00:13:43,623 --> 00:13:44,223 IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, HIS 500 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:45,058 GOVERNMENT RUSHED THROUGH 501 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:46,559 HUNDREDS OF NEW LAWS AND USHERED 502 00:13:46,626 --> 00:13:48,061 THROUGH A BRAND NEW CONSTITUTION 503 00:13:48,127 --> 00:13:49,062 THAT WAS DRAFTED BEHIND CLOSED 504 00:13:49,128 --> 00:13:50,563 DOORS AND DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT 505 00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:52,065 FOR ONLY NINE DAYS. 506 00:13:52,131 --> 00:13:53,566 THERE WERE ALSO BIG CHANGES TO 507 00:13:53,633 --> 00:13:54,567 HUNGARY'S ELECTION SYSTEM, 508 00:13:54,634 --> 00:13:55,568 INCLUDING GERRYMANDERING MAPS TO 509 00:13:55,635 --> 00:13:57,070 STACK THE ODDS HEAVILY IN 510 00:13:57,136 --> 00:13:59,572 ORBAN'S FAVOR. 511 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:03,576 AS A RESULT, IN 2014 HIS PARTY 512 00:14:03,643 --> 00:14:04,210 WON 45% OF THE VOTE, BUT 91% OF 513 00:14:04,277 --> 00:14:05,578 THE DISTRICTS. 514 00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:06,579 IN FACT, THANKS TO THAT AND 515 00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:08,081 OTHER TWEAKS, INDEPENDENT 516 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:09,582 OBSERVERS HAVE DEEMED HUNGARIAN 517 00:14:09,649 --> 00:14:10,216 ELECTIONS SINCE THEN "FREE BUT 518 00:14:10,283 --> 00:14:12,585 NOT FAIR." 519 00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:13,086 WHICH IS AN INTERESTING 520 00:14:13,152 --> 00:14:14,587 COMBINATION. 521 00:14:14,654 --> 00:14:16,589 "YOU'RE FREE TO VOTE FOR ANYONE 522 00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:17,590 YOU WANT, WHETHER IT'S ORBAN OR 523 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:18,157 WHOEVER INEVITABLY LOSES TO 524 00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:20,593 HIM." 525 00:14:20,660 --> 00:14:22,095 AND WHILE CHANGES LIKE THOSE 526 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:24,097 COULD THEORETICALLY HAVE FACED 527 00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:25,598 LEGAL CHALLENGES, ORBAN'S ALSO 528 00:14:25,665 --> 00:14:27,100 CO-OPTED HUNGARY'S COURT SYSTEM, 529 00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:28,601 PACKING IT WITH LOYALISTS, AND 530 00:14:28,668 --> 00:14:30,103 PASSING A CONSTITUTIONAL 531 00:14:30,169 --> 00:14:31,104 AMENDMENT THAT REMOVED THE 532 00:14:31,170 --> 00:14:32,605 COURT'S POWER TO EVALUATE ANY 533 00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:34,107 NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. 534 00:14:34,173 --> 00:14:35,608 AND WHEN YOU TAKE ALL THAT 535 00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:37,110 TOGETHER, AS THIS SCHOLAR POINTS 536 00:14:37,176 --> 00:14:39,612 OUT, IT WAS BASICALLY A COUP, 537 00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:42,115 BUT A VERY 21ST CENTURY ONE. 538 00:14:42,181 --> 00:14:43,616 >> WE TEND TO THINK OF A COUP, 539 00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:46,119 RIGHT, AS HAPPENING WITH TANKS 540 00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:47,620 IN THE STREETS, YOU KNOW, AND 541 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:50,123 THE MILITARY TAKEOVER AND THE 542 00:14:50,189 --> 00:14:51,624 ANNOUNCEMENT ON RADIO THAT, YOU 543 00:14:51,691 --> 00:14:52,258 KNOW, ALL CIVIL LIBERTIES HAVE 544 00:14:52,325 --> 00:14:53,626 DIED. 545 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:54,627 >> THAT'S NOT WHAT AUTOCRACY 546 00:14:54,694 --> 00:14:57,630 LOOKS LIKE ANYMORE. 547 00:14:57,697 --> 00:14:58,197 YOU DON'T GET PHALANXES OF 548 00:14:58,264 --> 00:15:00,133 TANKS. 549 00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:05,138 YOU GET PHALANXES OF LAWYERS. 550 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:05,838 >> John: THAT IS CHILLING. 551 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:06,439 BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE THING 552 00:15:06,506 --> 00:15:07,006 SCARIER THAN A TANK, IT'S A 553 00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:08,641 LAWYER. 554 00:15:08,708 --> 00:15:10,643 BELIEVE ME, WE HAVE A BUNCH FOR 555 00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:11,644 THIS SHOW, AND THEY'RE 556 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:13,646 CONSTANTLY YELLING THINGS LIKE 557 00:15:13,713 --> 00:15:15,148 "JOHN, YOU CAN'T DO THIS," OR 558 00:15:15,214 --> 00:15:17,150 "JOHN, YOU CAN'T SHOW THAT" OR 559 00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:17,750 "JOHN, YOU CAN'T SAY WITH NO 560 00:15:17,817 --> 00:15:18,317 EVIDENCE THAT MILLIE BOBBIE 561 00:15:18,384 --> 00:15:19,652 BROWN HELPED PLAN THE 9/11 562 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:20,653 ATTACKS -- THAT'S DEFAMATION AND 563 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:21,654 WE'LL GET SUED." 564 00:15:21,721 --> 00:15:23,156 SO RELUCTANTLY, I DON'T SAY IT. 565 00:15:23,222 --> 00:15:23,756 THOUGH I'LL SAY -- SHE HASN'T 566 00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:28,161 DENIED IT. 567 00:15:28,227 --> 00:15:28,761 WE ADMITTEDLY HAVEN'T ASKED! 568 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:29,662 BUT HER SILENCE SAYS SOMETHING. 569 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:30,663 BUT IT'S NOT JUST ORBAN'S 570 00:15:30,730 --> 00:15:32,165 CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT. 571 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:33,665 PART OF THE WAY HE'S WON OVER 572 00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:34,667 THE HUNGARIAN PUBLIC IS THROUGH 573 00:15:34,734 --> 00:15:36,669 HIS CONTROL OF THE MEDIA. 574 00:15:36,736 --> 00:15:37,270 AFTER RETURNING TO POWER, HIS 575 00:15:37,336 --> 00:15:38,671 GOVERNMENT CREATED A NEW AGENCY 576 00:15:38,738 --> 00:15:40,173 TO IMPOSE HEAVY FINES FOR 577 00:15:40,239 --> 00:15:41,674 COVERAGE IT CONSIDERED 578 00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:43,676 UNBALANCED OR OFFENSIVE, AS WELL 579 00:15:43,743 --> 00:15:45,178 AS FOUNDING A NEW STATE MEDIA 580 00:15:45,244 --> 00:15:47,180 ORGANIZATION CALLED "MTVA" 581 00:15:47,246 --> 00:15:49,682 OVERSEEING ALL PUBLIC MEDIA 582 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:50,216 ACROSS TV, RADIO, AND THE 583 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:52,685 INTERNET. 584 00:15:52,752 --> 00:15:54,687 LISTEN TO ONE ANONYMOUS EMPLOYEE 585 00:15:54,754 --> 00:15:55,688 THERE EXPLAIN JUST HOW MUCH 586 00:15:55,755 --> 00:15:57,690 EDITORIAL CONTROL ORBAN HAS. 587 00:15:57,757 --> 00:15:59,192 >> EVERY SINGLE THING CONNECTED 588 00:15:59,258 --> 00:15:59,692 TO DOMESTIC POLITICS IS 589 00:15:59,759 --> 00:16:03,696 RESTRICTED. 590 00:16:03,763 --> 00:16:04,363 I MEAN, YOU CAN'T WRITE ANYTHING 591 00:16:04,430 --> 00:16:07,200 BAD ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT. 592 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:08,701 FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMETHING IS 593 00:16:08,768 --> 00:16:12,705 POLITICALLY SENSITIVE, I GET 594 00:16:12,772 --> 00:16:15,708 INSTRUCTIONS. 595 00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:17,710 IN SOME CASES, I HAVE THE WHOLE 596 00:16:17,777 --> 00:16:19,212 READY-MADE ARTICLE, SO I DON'T 597 00:16:19,278 --> 00:16:21,214 NEED TO DO ANYTHING, NO EDITING, 598 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:21,848 JUST CTRL C, COPY AND PASTE THE 599 00:16:21,914 --> 00:16:27,220 WHOLE ARTICLE REALLY. 600 00:16:27,286 --> 00:16:28,221 IT'S UNIMAGINABLE TO BE HONEST. 601 00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:29,722 >> John: YEAH, THOSE CONDITIONS 602 00:16:29,789 --> 00:16:30,723 CLEARLY AREN'T IDEAL FOR A NEWS 603 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:32,225 OUTLET. 604 00:16:32,290 --> 00:16:33,726 THERE'S A REASON THEY TYPICALLY 605 00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:35,228 DON'T GIVE OUT THE PULITZER FOR 606 00:16:35,294 --> 00:16:36,729 "EXCELLENCE IN CONTROL V." 607 00:16:36,796 --> 00:16:39,232 A STUDY OF ONE PUBLIC TV NIGHTLY 608 00:16:39,298 --> 00:16:40,733 NEWS SHOW FOUND THAT OVER 6 609 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,235 MONTHS, THERE WASN'T A SINGLE 610 00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:43,236 INSTANCE OF GOVERNING PARTY 611 00:16:43,302 --> 00:16:44,737 POLITICIANS APPEARING ON SCREEN 612 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:46,739 IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT -- LITERALLY 613 00:16:46,806 --> 00:16:48,241 0 SECONDS OF NEGATIVE COVERAGE. 614 00:16:48,307 --> 00:16:49,742 WHICH JUST SHOULDN'T BE 615 00:16:49,809 --> 00:16:52,245 POSSIBLE. 616 00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:52,845 POLITICIANS ATTRACT NEGATIVE 617 00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:54,747 COVERAGE ABOUT EVERYTHING THEY 618 00:16:54,814 --> 00:16:55,882 DO, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT THEIR 619 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:56,749 OFFENSIVE FASHION FAUX PAS, OR 620 00:16:56,816 --> 00:16:58,751 THEIR COURT-ORDERED LIABILITY 621 00:16:58,818 --> 00:16:59,852 FOR SEXUAL ABUSE, TO PICK TWO 622 00:16:59,919 --> 00:17:04,257 EQUIVALENT EXAMPLES. 623 00:17:04,323 --> 00:17:04,857 AND ORBAN'S REACH GOES BEYOND 624 00:17:04,924 --> 00:17:05,758 STATE MEDIA, AS HIS ALLIES 625 00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:06,325 BOUGHT UP TONS OF PRIVATE, 626 00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:08,261 INDEPENDENT OUTLETS AND THEN 627 00:17:08,327 --> 00:17:08,928 CENTRALIZED MANY OF THEM UNDER A 628 00:17:08,994 --> 00:17:11,763 SINGLE FOUNDATION. 629 00:17:11,830 --> 00:17:13,766 >> ACCORDING TO THE 630 00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:15,768 INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM OUTLET 631 00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:19,271 ATLATSZO, SINCE 2010, ALLIES OF 632 00:17:19,338 --> 00:17:19,872 THE PRIME MINISTER HAVE BEEN 633 00:17:19,939 --> 00:17:21,273 BUYING UP NUMEROUS HUNGARIAN 634 00:17:21,339 --> 00:17:22,775 MEDIA OUTLETS. 635 00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:23,776 MEN LIKE FORMER HOLLYWOOD 636 00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:27,780 PRODUCER ANDY VAJNA AND OLD 637 00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:29,782 SCHOOL FRIEND LORINC MESZAROS 638 00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:30,383 ARE AMONG A GROUP OF 14 ORBAN 639 00:17:30,449 --> 00:17:33,286 ALLIES WHO'VE COLLECTIVELY 640 00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:33,886 BOUGHT 11 RADIO STATIONS, 20 641 00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:36,789 TELEVISION CHANNELS, AND CLOSE 642 00:17:36,856 --> 00:17:37,290 TO 500 ONLINE AND PRINT 643 00:17:37,356 --> 00:17:38,291 ORGANIZATIONS. 644 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:40,293 >> John: WOW, A FAR-RIGHT 645 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:40,960 LEADER'S FRIENDS AND ALLIES JUST 646 00:17:41,027 --> 00:17:42,795 BUYING UP ALL THE MEDIA OUTLETS 647 00:17:42,862 --> 00:17:44,330 IN THE COUNTRY AND TURNING THEM 648 00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:45,298 INTO CONSERVATIVE SYCOPHANTS -- 649 00:17:45,364 --> 00:17:46,799 CAN YOU IMAGINE? 650 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:47,300 I SURE CAN'T! 651 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:48,801 THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING 652 00:17:48,868 --> 00:17:51,304 I'VE HAD RECURRING NIGHTMARES 653 00:17:51,370 --> 00:17:53,806 ABOUT FOR THE PAST MONTH! 654 00:17:53,873 --> 00:17:55,308 AND THE RESULT OF ALL THIS HAS 655 00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:56,809 BEEN ORBAN'S PARTY CURRENTLY 656 00:17:56,876 --> 00:17:58,311 CONTROLS ROUGHLY 80% OF THE 657 00:17:58,377 --> 00:17:59,312 MEDIA MARKET. 658 00:17:59,378 --> 00:18:00,813 AND THIS LEVEL OF INFLUENCE -- 659 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,315 OVER LAWS, COURTS, ELECTIONS, 660 00:18:02,381 --> 00:18:05,818 AND THE MEDIA -- HAS ALLOWED 661 00:18:05,885 --> 00:18:06,352 ORBAN TO RESHAPE HUNGARY 662 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:06,819 VIRTUALLY UNCHECKED. 663 00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:07,820 ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, 664 00:18:07,887 --> 00:18:09,822 THAT'S MEANT BEING A CONSTANT 665 00:18:09,889 --> 00:18:10,823 THORN IN THE EU'S SIDE, 666 00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:11,390 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO 667 00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:12,325 DEALING WITH RUSSIA. 668 00:18:12,391 --> 00:18:13,326 ORBAN'S CONSISTENTLY HAD THE 669 00:18:13,392 --> 00:18:15,361 FRIENDLIEST TIES TO THE KREMLIN 670 00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:16,829 IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. 671 00:18:16,896 --> 00:18:18,831 IN FACT, HE'S LONG WEAPONIZED 672 00:18:18,898 --> 00:18:19,832 HUNGARY'S VETO POWER AT THE EU 673 00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:21,334 TO BLOCK RUSSIA-RELATED 674 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,368 SANCTIONS, TIE UP FINANCIAL AID 675 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:24,837 TO UKRAINE, AND REPEATEDLY STALL 676 00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:25,838 URGENT EU DECISIONS. 677 00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:27,340 AND IT SAYS SOMETHING THAT, EVEN 678 00:18:27,406 --> 00:18:28,841 A DECADE AGO, THIS IS HOW THE 679 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:30,843 THEN PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN 680 00:18:30,910 --> 00:18:31,444 COMMISSION GREETED ORBAN AT A 681 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:33,346 SUMMIT. 682 00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:37,350 >> THE DICTATOR IS COMING. 683 00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:44,423 DICTATOR. 684 00:18:44,423 --> 00:18:45,858 >> John: IT'S PRETTY GOOD. 685 00:18:45,925 --> 00:18:46,359 IT'S PRETTY GOOD. 686 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,861 AND WHILE I DON'T CONDONE 687 00:18:48,928 --> 00:18:49,395 VIOLENCE, THERE ARE A FEW 688 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:51,364 SCENARIOS WHERE IT'S FINE TO 689 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:53,366 SLAP SOMEONE: WHEN YOU'RE TRYING 690 00:18:53,432 --> 00:18:54,367 TO REVIVE THEM, WHEN YOU'RE CHER 691 00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:55,868 AND YOU REALLY NEED NIC CAGE TO 692 00:18:55,935 --> 00:18:57,370 SNAP OUT OF IT, AND OF COURSE, 693 00:18:57,436 --> 00:18:59,372 WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO 694 00:18:59,438 --> 00:18:59,939 HIT AN AUTHORITARIAN IN THE 695 00:19:00,006 --> 00:19:01,874 FACE. 696 00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:04,377 MEANWHILE, DOMESTICALLY, ORBAN'S 697 00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:05,378 RESHAPED HUNGARY INTO WHAT'S 698 00:19:05,444 --> 00:19:06,879 BASICALLY A THEME PARK OF 699 00:19:06,946 --> 00:19:07,880 REACTIONARY TALKING POINTS. 700 00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:09,382 FOR INSTANCE, HE'S RAILED 701 00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:10,383 AGAINST EUROPE BECOMING A 702 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:11,384 "MIXED-RACE" SOCIETY, AND 703 00:19:11,450 --> 00:19:12,385 OPPOSES ALLOWING ASYLUM SEEKERS 704 00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:12,952 INTO HUNGARY DESPITE EU AND 705 00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:16,389 INTERNATIONAL LAWS. 706 00:19:16,455 --> 00:19:17,023 DURING THE MIGRANT AND REFUGEE 707 00:19:17,089 --> 00:19:18,891 CRISIS A DECADE AGO, HUNGARY WAS 708 00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:19,892 ACCUSED OF UNLAWFUL DETENTION 709 00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:24,397 AND VIOLENCE AGAINST ASYLUM 710 00:19:24,463 --> 00:19:24,964 SEEKERS, AND HE MADE A BIG 711 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:26,399 SHOW OF BEING OPENLY HOSTILE 712 00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:27,400 TOWARD THEM -- EVEN GOING SO FAR 713 00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:29,402 AS TO BUILD AN ELECTRIFIED 714 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:31,404 BORDER FENCE, WHICH, INEVITABLY, 715 00:19:31,470 --> 00:19:31,937 GOT THIS RAVE REVIEW FROM 716 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,406 TUCKER CARLSON. 717 00:19:33,472 --> 00:19:34,407 >> HUNGARY BEGAN BUILDING THE 718 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:37,410 FENCE IN JUNE OF 2015. 719 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:38,911 BY SEPTEMBER, IT WAS DONE. 720 00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:39,478 WELL, THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT 721 00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:40,913 THEIR BORDER. 722 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:42,915 IT'S NOT A HIGH TECH BORDER 723 00:19:42,982 --> 00:19:44,917 WALL, IT'S A DOUBLE FENCE WITH A 724 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:45,918 ROAD IN THE MIDDLE. 725 00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:46,552 BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS, THEY'RE 726 00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:47,420 WILLING TO PROTECT IT. 727 00:19:47,486 --> 00:19:48,421 THEY'RE NOT KIDDING. 728 00:19:48,487 --> 00:19:49,922 IT'S THEIR BORDER, THEY CONTROL 729 00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:51,424 IT BECAUSE THEY'RE A COUNTRY. 730 00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:52,925 IT'S ALSO REALLY PRETTY. 731 00:19:52,992 --> 00:19:54,927 >> John: PRETTY! 732 00:19:54,994 --> 00:19:56,495 LOOK, THERE ARE THREE THINGS YOU 733 00:19:56,562 --> 00:19:57,496 CAN RELY ON IN THIS LIFE -- 734 00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,498 DEATH, TAXES, AND IF YOU BUILD A 735 00:19:59,565 --> 00:20:00,433 FENCE TO KEEP OUT IMMIGRANTS, 736 00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:02,435 TUCKER CARLSON IS GOING TO WANT 737 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:03,936 TO FUCK IT. 738 00:20:04,003 --> 00:20:04,937 ALTHOUGH IF HE REALLY WANTS TO 739 00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:06,472 KISS SOME ELECTRIFIED BARBED 740 00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:07,940 WIRE, WHO AM I TO STOP HIM? 741 00:20:08,007 --> 00:20:10,443 LOVE IS LOVE. 742 00:20:10,509 --> 00:20:11,944 BUT EVEN AS MIGRATION TO EUROPE 743 00:20:12,011 --> 00:20:14,947 HAS DECLINED, ORBAN'S CONTINUED 744 00:20:15,014 --> 00:20:15,948 TO FEARMONGER ABOUT HOW -- IF IT 745 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:16,949 WEREN'T FOR HIM -- HUNGARY MIGHT 746 00:20:17,016 --> 00:20:19,452 BE FORCED TO ACCEPT MILLIONS OF 747 00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:20,019 REFUGEES, WHO HE'S FALSELY 748 00:20:20,086 --> 00:20:21,454 CHARACTERIZED AS DISEASE-RIDDEN 749 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:22,955 THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH, 750 00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:25,458 EXTREMISTS PLANNING TERRORIST 751 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:26,058 ACTS AND AGENTS OF A PLOT TO 752 00:20:26,125 --> 00:20:27,460 REPLACE NATIVE EUROPEANS WITH 753 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:29,962 FOREIGNERS, ALL WHILE REACHING 754 00:20:30,029 --> 00:20:31,464 FOR A NOW-FAMILIAR SCAPEGOAT -- 755 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:33,466 SUGGESTING GEORGE SOROS WAS 756 00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:34,967 MASTERMINDING A NEFARIOUS PLAN 757 00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:35,968 TO OVERRUN HUNGARY WITH 758 00:20:36,035 --> 00:20:38,971 REFUGEES, AND POSTING BILLBOARDS 759 00:20:39,038 --> 00:20:40,473 AND FULL-PAGE MEDIA ADS WITH THE 760 00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:41,474 CAPTION "DON'T LET SOROS HAVE 761 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:45,978 THE LAST LAUGH." 762 00:20:46,045 --> 00:20:46,645 AND IT WASN'T JUST BILLBOARDS -- 763 00:20:46,712 --> 00:20:47,313 ORBAN'S GOVERNMENT ALSO PASSED A 764 00:20:47,379 --> 00:20:47,980 LAW OFFICIALLY CALLED "STOP 765 00:20:48,047 --> 00:20:48,614 SOROS" THAT MADE IT ILLEGAL TO 766 00:20:48,681 --> 00:20:50,983 HELP ASYLUM SEEKERS, EVEN JUST 767 00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:52,485 WITH THEIR PAPERWORK, AND LED A 768 00:20:52,551 --> 00:20:53,986 CAMPAIGN TO SHUT DOWN THE 769 00:20:54,053 --> 00:20:55,488 HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY SOROS 770 00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:57,990 FOUNDED. 771 00:20:58,057 --> 00:20:59,492 THOUGH WHAT'S A LITTLE STRANGE 772 00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:00,993 ABOUT ORBAN'S ANTI-SOROS 773 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:01,627 VENDETTA IS THAT BACK IN 1989, 774 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,496 HE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A 775 00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:04,063 SOROS-FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP TO 776 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:06,499 STUDY AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY, 777 00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:08,000 WHERE I PRESUME HE MAJORED IN 778 00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:11,003 IRONY. 779 00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:12,505 BUT IMMIGRANTS AND SOROS AREN'T 780 00:21:12,571 --> 00:21:13,506 ORBAN'S ONLY PUNCHING BAGS. 781 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:15,508 HIS GOVERNMENT'S ALSO GONE AFTER 782 00:21:15,574 --> 00:21:18,511 HUNGARY'S LGBTQ COMMUNITY, 783 00:21:18,577 --> 00:21:19,111 SOMETHING HE BRAGGED ABOUT AT 784 00:21:19,178 --> 00:21:22,014 CPAC. 785 00:21:22,081 --> 00:21:23,516 >> TO SUM UP, THE MOTHER IS A 786 00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:26,519 WOMAN, THE FATHER IS A MAN, AND 787 00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:28,020 LEAVE OUR KIDS ALONE, FULL STOP, 788 00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:29,021 END OF DISCUSSION. 789 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:31,023 WE DECIDED WE DON'T NEED MORE 790 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:35,027 GENDERS, WE NEED MORE RANGERS. 791 00:21:35,094 --> 00:21:35,561 LESS DRAG QUEENS AND MORE 792 00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:38,531 CHUCK NORRIS. 793 00:21:38,597 --> 00:21:39,532 >> John: WHAT? 794 00:21:39,598 --> 00:21:40,533 THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 795 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:42,034 THE NUMBER OF GENDERS HAS 796 00:21:42,101 --> 00:21:43,035 NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF 797 00:21:43,102 --> 00:21:44,036 RANGERS. 798 00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:45,538 AND THE NUMBER OF DRAG QUEENS 799 00:21:45,604 --> 00:21:46,539 HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 800 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:48,541 NUMBER OF CHUCK NORRISES. 801 00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:49,542 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE MOST 802 00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:51,544 CHUCK NORRISES YOU CAN HAVE IS 803 00:21:51,610 --> 00:21:52,545 ONE, AND THAT NUMBER WENT DOWN 804 00:21:52,611 --> 00:21:55,047 TO ZERO LAST WEEK. 805 00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:56,048 AND IF THIS IS HOW YOU'RE 806 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:59,051 FINDING THAT OUT, SURPRISE! 807 00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:00,052 BUT IT'S NOT JUST RHETORIC. 808 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,054 ORBAN'S GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY 809 00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:09,128 REDEFINED "FAMILY" AND 810 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:22,074 WHICH MEANT BAN ON ADOPTION. 811 00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:22,675 AND ENDED THE RIGHT OF TRANS 812 00:22:22,741 --> 00:22:23,342 PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR DOCUMENTS 813 00:22:23,409 --> 00:22:23,909 TO MATCH THEIR IDENTITIES. 814 00:22:23,976 --> 00:22:24,543 IN 2021, HUNGARY EVEN PASSED A 815 00:22:24,610 --> 00:22:25,077 LAW BANNING DEPICTING OR 816 00:22:25,144 --> 00:22:25,644 PROMOTING LGBT+ CONTENT IN 817 00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:26,145 SCHOOLS AND THE MEDIA. 818 00:22:26,212 --> 00:22:26,679 AND IF THAT SOUNDS AT ALL 819 00:22:26,745 --> 00:22:27,279 FAMILIAR, IT MAY BE BECAUSE, 820 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:28,080 JUST NINE MONTHS AFTER THAT, 821 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:29,582 FLORIDA'S RON DESANTIS SIGNED 822 00:22:29,648 --> 00:22:30,182 HIS VERSION OF IT, FOCUSED ON 823 00:22:30,249 --> 00:22:31,083 CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, THE 824 00:22:31,150 --> 00:22:31,717 SO-CALLED "DON'T SAY GAY" LAW. 825 00:22:31,784 --> 00:22:32,384 BUT PERHAPS THE POLICY THAT SUMS 826 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:33,018 UP ORBAN'S OBSESSIONS THE BEST 827 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,086 -- FROM CHRISTIAN CONSERVATISM 828 00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:35,588 TO PANIC OVER MIGRANTS -- IS HIS 829 00:22:35,654 --> 00:22:36,188 RELENTLESS FOCUS ON HUNGARY'S 830 00:22:36,255 --> 00:22:39,091 LOW BIRTH RATE. 831 00:22:39,158 --> 00:22:40,092 HE'S TRIED TO INCREASE IT BY 832 00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:41,594 INTRODUCING INCENTIVES, LIKE TAX 833 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:44,096 EXEMPTIONS AND INTEREST-FREE 834 00:22:44,163 --> 00:22:45,598 LOANS OF ABOUT $30,000 FOR 835 00:22:45,664 --> 00:22:47,099 PARENTS, WHICH THEN GET 836 00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:48,100 CANCELLED IF THEY HAVE THREE 837 00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:49,602 CHILDREN. 838 00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:51,604 AND THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL, 839 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:53,606 BUT DOES MAKE GIVING KIDS "THE 840 00:22:53,672 --> 00:22:54,273 TALK" A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED: 841 00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:56,108 WELL, WHEN A MAN AND A WOMAN 842 00:22:56,175 --> 00:22:58,110 LOVE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH, BUT 843 00:22:58,177 --> 00:22:59,111 ALSO GET A SICK LOW-INTEREST 844 00:22:59,178 --> 00:23:01,113 LOAN FROM THE HUNGARIAN 845 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:02,615 GOVERNMENT, THAT'S HOW BABIES 846 00:23:02,681 --> 00:23:04,116 ARE MADE. 847 00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:06,619 ORBAN'S FRAMED THE NEED FOR 848 00:23:06,685 --> 00:23:08,120 HUNGARIANS TO PROCREATE AS AN 849 00:23:08,187 --> 00:23:09,121 EXISTENTIAL CRISIS -- BECAUSE TO 850 00:23:09,188 --> 00:23:10,623 HEAR HIM TELL IT IN THIS AD HIS 851 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:12,625 GOVERNMENT POSTED, THE 852 00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:13,626 ALTERNATIVE IS FOR THE COUNTRY 853 00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:20,699 TO BE OVERRUN BY MIGRANTS. 854 00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:28,741 IS BECOMING A 855 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,844 TRACK. 856 00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:37,149 >> [SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE] 857 00:23:37,216 --> 00:23:37,783 >> John: OKAY, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S 858 00:23:37,850 --> 00:23:38,384 YET MORE "GREAT REPLACEMENT" 859 00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:38,751 FEARMONGERING. 860 00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:39,385 BUT AS FOR, "YOU CAN MAKE FISH 861 00:23:39,451 --> 00:23:40,152 SOUP FROM FISH, BUT YOU CAN'T 862 00:23:40,219 --> 00:23:40,819 MAKE FISH FROM FISH SOUP" -- IS 863 00:23:40,886 --> 00:23:43,155 THAT FOLK WISDOM? 864 00:23:43,222 --> 00:23:46,158 OR IS THAT JUST HOW SOUP WORKS? 865 00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:47,660 I'M JUST SAYING IF YOUR NANA 866 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:49,161 POINTED AT A BOWL OF SOUP AND 867 00:23:49,228 --> 00:23:50,162 SAID "YOU CAN'T MAKE FISH OUT OF 868 00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:51,864 THAT" YOU'D BE LOOKING AT 869 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:53,165 RETIREMENT HOME BROCHURES THAT 870 00:23:53,232 --> 00:23:55,167 AFTERNOON. 871 00:23:55,234 --> 00:23:56,168 ALSO, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH -- 872 00:23:56,235 --> 00:23:58,170 THAT METAPHOR CUTS BOTH WAYS. 873 00:23:58,237 --> 00:23:59,171 BECAUSE I'VE FOUND, WITH FISH 874 00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:00,673 SOUP, AS WITH COUNTRIES, WHEN 875 00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:02,174 YOU ADD MORE INGREDIENTS, IT 876 00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:03,676 TENDS TO TASTE BETTER. 877 00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:05,177 OTHERWISE WHAT YOU HAVE IS HOT 878 00:24:05,244 --> 00:24:08,681 FISH WATER. 879 00:24:08,747 --> 00:24:10,182 BUT ORBAN'S SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. 880 00:24:10,249 --> 00:24:11,684 HE'S SPENT ABOUT 5% OF HUNGARY'S 881 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:15,187 GDP ON PROGRAMS INCENTIVIZING 882 00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:16,188 FAMILIES TO HAVE KIDS. 883 00:24:16,255 --> 00:24:17,690 BUT IT HASN'T WORKED. 884 00:24:17,756 --> 00:24:19,191 HUNGARY'S FERTILITY RATE 885 00:24:19,258 --> 00:24:20,192 RECENTLY DIPPED TO THE LOWEST IN 886 00:24:20,259 --> 00:24:21,193 A DECADE, AND THEIR POPULATION 887 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:23,195 IS STILL SHRINKING. 888 00:24:23,262 --> 00:24:24,196 AND THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE PEOPLE 889 00:24:24,263 --> 00:24:26,198 JUST DON'T FEEL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 890 00:24:26,265 --> 00:24:27,700 RAISING KIDS IN ORBAN'S HUNGARY, 891 00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:28,701 A PLACE WHERE TWO-THIRDS OF THE 892 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:31,203 CITIZENS DESCRIBE THE NATIONAL 893 00:24:31,270 --> 00:24:32,705 EDUCATION SYSTEM AS "BAD," OR 894 00:24:32,771 --> 00:24:33,706 WHERE EVEN THE CONSERVATIVE 895 00:24:33,772 --> 00:24:35,708 HERITAGE FOUNDATION HAS PUT HIS 896 00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:36,342 GOVERNMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 897 00:24:36,408 --> 00:24:37,209 EU IN ITS RANKINGS OF GOVERNMENT 898 00:24:37,276 --> 00:24:39,712 INTEGRITY. 899 00:24:39,778 --> 00:24:42,214 AND THAT'S THE THING ABOUT 900 00:24:42,281 --> 00:24:43,215 VIKTOR ORBAN -- FOR ALL THE 901 00:24:43,282 --> 00:24:45,718 FEARMONGERING HE'S DONE, ALL THE 902 00:24:45,784 --> 00:24:46,719 FENCES HE'S BUILT AND ALL THE 903 00:24:46,785 --> 00:24:47,720 LAWS HE'S PASSED TO PROTECT 904 00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:48,721 HUNGARY FROM THE THREAT OF 905 00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:51,724 MIGRANTS, GAYS, AND GEORGE 906 00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:52,391 SOROS, HE'S FUNDAMENTALLY FAILED 907 00:24:52,458 --> 00:24:53,025 WHEN IT COMES TO THE BASICS OF 908 00:24:53,092 --> 00:24:54,226 GOOD GOVERNANCE. 909 00:24:54,293 --> 00:24:55,227 FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS AND 910 00:24:55,294 --> 00:24:56,762 HOSPITALS THERE HAS GOTTEN SO 911 00:24:56,829 --> 00:24:58,731 DIRE, HE HAD TO SIGN AN 912 00:24:58,797 --> 00:24:59,264 EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ENSURE 913 00:24:59,331 --> 00:24:59,898 MEDICAL FACILITIES WERE STOCKED 914 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:01,233 WITH TOILET PAPER. 915 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:02,234 ALTHOUGH TO HEAR HIS HEALTH 916 00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:04,236 SECRETARY TELL IT, ANY 917 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:06,238 COMPLAINTS PEOPLE HAD ABOUT THAT 918 00:25:06,305 --> 00:25:09,241 WERE COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE. 919 00:25:09,308 --> 00:25:10,743 >> IN AN OPERATION AS BIG AS THE 920 00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:13,245 HUNGARIAN HOSPITAL SYSTEM, WHICH 921 00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:14,246 IS 3 MILLION SQUARE METERS AND 922 00:25:14,313 --> 00:25:15,247 HAS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 923 00:25:15,314 --> 00:25:17,750 VISITING EVERY DAY, I CONSIDER 924 00:25:17,816 --> 00:25:19,251 IT A MATHEMATICAL IMPOSSIBILITY 925 00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:20,753 THAT THERE SHOULD BE TOILET 926 00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:22,254 PAPER IN ALL HOSPITAL BATHROOMS, 927 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:23,255 AT ALL TIMES. 928 00:25:23,322 --> 00:25:24,757 TO THIS DAY, I MAINTAIN THAT 929 00:25:24,823 --> 00:25:25,257 THIS IS A MATHEMATICAL 930 00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:27,259 IMPOSSIBILITY. 931 00:25:27,326 --> 00:25:31,263 >> John: LOOK, I'VE HEARD SOME 932 00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:32,765 BAD TALKING POINTS BUT "IT'S 933 00:25:32,831 --> 00:25:34,266 MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR 934 00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:35,768 OUR HOSPITALS TO HAVE TOILET 935 00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:37,770 PAPER" IS RIGHT UP THERE. 936 00:25:37,836 --> 00:25:38,804 I'M ONLY SURPRISED HE DIDN'T GO 937 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,272 ON TO SUGGEST HOSPITALS JUST 938 00:25:40,339 --> 00:25:41,774 HANG A SIGN IN EVERY BATHROOM 939 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:42,775 REMINDING PEOPLE THAT USING 940 00:25:42,841 --> 00:25:45,778 THEIR SOCKS IS ALWAYS AN OPTION. 941 00:25:45,844 --> 00:25:47,279 AND IT'S NOT A GREAT SIGN FOR 942 00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:48,280 ORBAN THAT SOME OF HIS 943 00:25:48,347 --> 00:25:50,282 HEAVIEST-HANDED TACTICS NOW SEEM 944 00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:51,283 TO BE BACKFIRING. 945 00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:51,984 TAKE THIS STORY FROM LAST 946 00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:54,787 SUMMER. 947 00:25:54,853 --> 00:25:56,288 >> VIKTOR ORBAN'S GOVERNMENT 948 00:25:56,355 --> 00:26:00,292 BANNED LGBTQ PUBLIC GATHERINGS 949 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:01,794 IN MARCH, INCLUDING THIS ONE. 950 00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:03,295 BUT THAT BAN ONLY SEEMS TO HAVE 951 00:26:03,362 --> 00:26:05,297 GALVANIZED COUNTLESS HUNGARIANS. 952 00:26:05,364 --> 00:26:07,299 THEY TOOK PART IN THE PARADE 953 00:26:07,366 --> 00:26:08,801 DESPITE THE RISK OF BEING 954 00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:09,802 IDENTIFIED BY THE AUTHORITIES 955 00:26:09,868 --> 00:26:10,335 USING FACIAL RECOGNITION 956 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:13,305 SOFTWARE. 957 00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:14,807 >> I OBJECT TO ANY RESTRICTION 958 00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:15,307 OF RIGHTS. 959 00:26:15,374 --> 00:26:16,308 EVERYONE SHOULD BE FREE TO 960 00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:17,810 CHOOSE A PARTNER. 961 00:26:17,876 --> 00:26:19,311 AND I CONDEMN ANY RESTRICTIONS 962 00:26:19,378 --> 00:26:21,814 THAT CRUSH FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY 963 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:22,414 AND OTHER FREEDOMS AND THAT'S 964 00:26:22,481 --> 00:26:23,315 WHY I'M HERE. 965 00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:24,316 >> I THOUGHT THE GOVERNMENT 966 00:26:24,383 --> 00:26:25,317 WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR 967 00:26:25,384 --> 00:26:26,819 THIS TO HAPPEN AND THAT THERE 968 00:26:26,885 --> 00:26:28,320 WOULDN'T BE MANY PEOPLE. 969 00:26:28,387 --> 00:26:28,921 IT'S A FANTASTIC FEELING THAT 970 00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:29,521 IT'S A MUCH BIGGER CROWD THAN 971 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:31,824 EVER BEFORE. 972 00:26:31,890 --> 00:26:32,825 >> John: THAT'S AMAZING. 973 00:26:32,891 --> 00:26:35,327 AND A PRETTY COLOSSAL BACKFIRE 974 00:26:35,394 --> 00:26:37,329 FROM ORBAN. 975 00:26:37,396 --> 00:26:37,963 AFTER ALL, IF THE ROB SCHNEIDER 976 00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:39,832 MOVIE "THE CHOSEN ONE" TAUGHT US 977 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:40,833 ANYTHING, IT'S, THE HARDER YOU 978 00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:42,334 TRY TO OPPRESS PEOPLE THROUGH 979 00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:42,968 FEAR, THE MORE THEY'LL RISE UP 980 00:26:43,035 --> 00:26:44,837 AGAINST YOU. 981 00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:45,838 NOW, FULL DISCLOSURE: I DON'T 982 00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:46,839 KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY THE MORAL 983 00:26:46,905 --> 00:26:49,341 OF THAT FILM. 984 00:26:49,408 --> 00:26:49,975 LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON EARTH, I 985 00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:51,343 HAVEN'T SEEN IT. 986 00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:52,845 BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, 987 00:26:52,911 --> 00:26:53,479 WATCH IT YOURSELF TO FACT CHECK 988 00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:56,849 ME? 989 00:26:56,915 --> 00:26:57,850 NO FUCKING WAY. 990 00:26:57,916 --> 00:26:58,450 SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT'S THE 991 00:26:58,517 --> 00:27:01,854 MESSAGE OF THE FILM AND MOVE ON. 992 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:02,855 SHALL WE? 993 00:27:02,921 --> 00:27:03,489 SO, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? 994 00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:04,356 WELL, DESPITE THE INCREASING 995 00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:06,358 OPPOSITION TO ORBAN IN HUNGARY, 996 00:27:06,425 --> 00:27:07,359 THE TRUTH IS, IN THIS ELECTION, 997 00:27:07,426 --> 00:27:09,361 THE PLAYING FIELD'S STILL TILTED 998 00:27:09,428 --> 00:27:11,363 STRONGLY IN HIS FAVOR. 999 00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:13,365 AND EVEN IF HE SOMEHOW ENDS UP 1000 00:27:13,432 --> 00:27:15,868 LOSING THE GAME HE'S CAREFULLY 1001 00:27:15,934 --> 00:27:16,869 RIGGED, IT'S WORTH KNOWING: HIS 1002 00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:18,370 MAIN OPPONENT, PETER MAGYAR, 1003 00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:20,372 ISN'T EXACTLY THE REFORMER YOU'D 1004 00:27:20,439 --> 00:27:21,373 DREAM OF HERE. 1005 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:22,374 HE'S A FORMER MEMBER OF FIDESZ 1006 00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:23,876 WHO'S RAILED AGAINST ORBAN'S 1007 00:27:23,942 --> 00:27:24,877 CORRUPTION, BUT STILL SHARES 1008 00:27:24,943 --> 00:27:25,444 PLENTY OF HIS RIGHT-LEANING 1009 00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:28,380 VIEWS. 1010 00:27:28,447 --> 00:27:29,381 AND EVEN SOME HUNGARIANS WHO SAY 1011 00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:30,048 THEY PLAN TO VOTE FOR HIM DON'T 1012 00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:32,384 SEEM THRILLED ABOUT IT. 1013 00:27:32,451 --> 00:27:33,018 >> I THINK MORE AND MORE PEOPLE 1014 00:27:33,085 --> 00:27:34,887 WANT CHANGE. 1015 00:27:34,953 --> 00:27:36,388 >> MR. MAGYAR, HE USED TO BE A 1016 00:27:36,455 --> 00:27:36,889 MEMBER OF FIDESZ. 1017 00:27:36,955 --> 00:27:37,890 >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 1018 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:39,892 >> DO YOU WORRY THAT HE MIGHT BE 1019 00:27:39,958 --> 00:27:40,392 TOO SIMILAR? 1020 00:27:40,459 --> 00:27:41,393 >> FOUR YEARS LATER, WE WILL 1021 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:44,396 SEE. 1022 00:27:44,463 --> 00:27:46,899 TO BE HONEST, IF THERE 1023 00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:48,901 WOULD BE A GOOD LEFT-WING PARTY, 1024 00:27:48,967 --> 00:27:49,568 I WOULD VOTE FOR THEM, BUT THERE 1025 00:27:49,635 --> 00:27:50,903 IS NOT. 1026 00:27:50,969 --> 00:27:51,937 SO, I WILL VOTE FOR MAGYAR 1027 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:53,405 PETER. 1028 00:27:53,472 --> 00:27:55,407 >> SO, HE'S NOT COMPLETELY ON 1029 00:27:55,474 --> 00:27:56,008 YOUR LEVEL WHEN IT COMES TO 1030 00:27:56,074 --> 00:27:56,909 EVERYTHING. 1031 00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:58,911 >> IT'S NOT MY TASTE EXACTLY. 1032 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:00,913 >> John: YEAH, HE'S CLEARLY NOT 1033 00:28:00,979 --> 00:28:01,446 THRILLED ABOUT VOTING FOR 1034 00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:02,915 MAGYAR, BUT HE'S WILLING TO PUSH 1035 00:28:02,981 --> 00:28:04,449 THAT DISCOMFORT DOWN AND PUT ON 1036 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:09,421 A HAPPY FACE ANYWAY. 1037 00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:10,422 IF ONLY THERE WERE A HUNGARIAN 1038 00:28:10,489 --> 00:28:11,056 MEME TO CAPTURE THAT SENTIMENT 1039 00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:11,423 PERFECTLY. 1040 00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:16,929 I GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW. 1041 00:28:16,995 --> 00:28:18,430 BUT THING IS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT 1042 00:28:18,497 --> 00:28:18,997 HAPPENS ON APRIL 12, ORBAN'S 1043 00:28:19,064 --> 00:28:19,631 STRANGLEHOLD ON POWER SHOULD BE 1044 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:20,199 ALARMING FOR US HERE IN THE 1045 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:21,934 STATES, BECAUSE HE'S CLEARLY 1046 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,435 BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO AMERICAN 1047 00:28:23,502 --> 00:28:24,937 CONSERVATIVES, TO THE POINT THAT 1048 00:28:25,003 --> 00:28:25,938 JD VANCE IS APPARENTLY PLANNING 1049 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:29,441 TO VISIT HUNGARY TO SHOW SUPPORT 1050 00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:30,976 FOR ORBAN AHEAD OF THE ELECTION. 1051 00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:31,944 AND THAT'S BECAUSE, FOR THEM, 1052 00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:34,446 ORBAN'S NOT A CAUTIONARY TALE. 1053 00:28:34,513 --> 00:28:36,448 HE'S A BLUEPRINT. 1054 00:28:36,515 --> 00:28:38,450 TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY: IF "ORBAN 1055 00:28:38,517 --> 00:28:40,452 IS A SPERM," THINK OF TRUMP AS 1056 00:28:40,519 --> 00:28:41,453 THE BABY THE SPERM 1057 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:42,955 EVENTUALLY... 1058 00:28:43,021 --> 00:28:43,589 YOU KNOW WHAT, FORGET IT, THAT'S 1059 00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:44,456 A DISGUSTING IMAGE, LET'S RESET 1060 00:28:44,523 --> 00:28:47,459 AND TRY AGAIN. 1061 00:28:47,526 --> 00:28:48,093 LOOK, IT'S NOT JUST ME SOUNDING 1062 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:48,460 THE ALARM HERE. 1063 00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:49,027 PEOPLE LIKE THIS HUNGARIAN 1064 00:28:49,094 --> 00:28:49,962 POLITICIAN HAVE BEEN TRYING TO 1065 00:28:50,028 --> 00:28:52,464 WARN US FOR A WHILE. 1066 00:28:52,531 --> 00:28:53,131 >> YOU MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH THE 1067 00:28:53,198 --> 00:28:53,966 FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY U.S. 1068 00:28:54,032 --> 00:28:57,469 CONSERVATIVES COMING HERE TO 1069 00:28:57,536 --> 00:28:58,036 LEARN FROM ORBAN'S STYLE OF 1070 00:28:58,103 --> 00:28:59,471 GOVERNANCE. 1071 00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:00,973 WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? 1072 00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:03,475 >> I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS, BUT 1073 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:04,476 I KNOW THAT IT'S DANGEROUS. 1074 00:29:04,543 --> 00:29:05,077 YOU SHOULD TAKE CARE OF YOUR 1075 00:29:05,143 --> 00:29:06,478 DEMOCRACY, BECAUSE FORTUNATELY 1076 00:29:06,545 --> 00:29:07,479 ENOUGH, YOU HAVE YOUR CHECKS AND 1077 00:29:07,546 --> 00:29:08,146 BALANCES. 1078 00:29:08,213 --> 00:29:08,981 IF SOMEBODY IS ABLE TO SWITCH 1079 00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:09,615 THEM OFF, YOU WOULD ALSO SLIDE 1080 00:29:09,681 --> 00:29:11,984 DOWN. 1081 00:29:12,050 --> 00:29:12,985 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO 1082 00:29:13,051 --> 00:29:14,486 HUNGARY, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT 1083 00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:16,989 YOUR SYSTEM, THE 200-YEAR-OLD 1084 00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:17,990 AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, WHICH I 1085 00:29:18,056 --> 00:29:18,557 ADMIRE, IS STRONG ENOUGH TO 1086 00:29:18,624 --> 00:29:21,994 WITHSTAND ANY SUCH THREAT. 1087 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:23,495 >> John: HE'S RIGHT. 1088 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:24,997 THE FACT IS, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE 1089 00:29:25,063 --> 00:29:27,599 THE CHECKS AND BALANCES WE DO, 1090 00:29:27,666 --> 00:29:29,001 BUT WE'D DO WELL TO WATCH FOR 1091 00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:29,635 WARNING SIGNS OF WHAT HAPPENED 1092 00:29:29,701 --> 00:29:30,235 IN HUNGARY STARTING TO HAPPEN 1093 00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:32,504 HERE. 1094 00:29:32,571 --> 00:29:34,006 YOU KNOW -- SMALL THINGS, LIKE 1095 00:29:34,072 --> 00:29:35,507 STACKING THE COURTS, OR 1096 00:29:35,574 --> 00:29:37,509 SHAMELESS GERRYMANDERING, OR 1097 00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:38,543 FEARMONGERING ABOUT IMMIGRANTS, 1098 00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:40,512 OR -- I DUNNO -- PRESIDENTIAL 1099 00:29:40,579 --> 00:29:42,014 ALLIES BUYING UP THE MEDIA. 1100 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:42,648 YOU KNOW, ANYTHING YOU MIGHT 1101 00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:47,519 SPOT LIKE THAT. 1102 00:29:47,586 --> 00:29:48,186 AND LOOK, IT'S NOT A PERFECT ONE 1103 00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:48,420 TO ONE. 1104 00:29:48,487 --> 00:29:49,054 ORBAN'S TAKEOVER WAS ORGANIZED 1105 00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:49,688 AND METHODICAL, WHILE TRUMP HAS 1106 00:29:49,755 --> 00:29:50,522 THE ATTENTION SPAN OF A COKED-UP 1107 00:29:50,589 --> 00:29:52,024 HUMMINGBIRD WITH A HEAD INJURY. 1108 00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:54,026 BUT THEY'RE NOT WORLDS APART, 1109 00:29:54,092 --> 00:29:57,095 EITHER. 1110 00:29:57,162 --> 00:29:57,696 AND I'LL SAY, IF THE RIGHT IS 1111 00:29:57,763 --> 00:29:58,363 LOOKING TO ORBAN AS A MODEL, THE 1112 00:29:58,430 --> 00:29:59,598 REST OF US COULD DO A LOT WORSE 1113 00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:01,033 THAN TO LOOK TO THOSE HUNGARIANS 1114 00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:05,037 IN THE STREETS FOR INSPIRATION. 1115 00:30:05,103 --> 00:30:05,671 BECAUSE TO EVERYONE WHO'S EVER 1116 00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:07,539 FOUGHT FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, 1117 00:30:07,606 --> 00:30:09,041 FAILING TO RESIST 1118 00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:11,543 AUTHORITARIANISM WOULD BE A HUGE 1119 00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:13,545 SLAP IN THE FACE -- AND 1120 00:30:13,612 --> 00:30:14,046 UNFORTUNATELY, NOT THE 1121 00:30:14,112 --> 00:30:15,547 UNDENIABLY FUN KIND. 1122 00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:16,048 AND NOW THIS. 1123 00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:23,121 >> Announcer: AND NOW, 1124 00:30:23,121 --> 00:30:24,556 SOME DISGUSTING NEW BALLPARK 1125 00:30:24,623 --> 00:30:27,059 FOOD FOR BASEBALL'S OPENING DAY. 1126 00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:29,561 >> MIAMI MARLINS ARE SURE NO 1127 00:30:29,628 --> 00:30:33,565 MIKE SERVING UP THE MACHETE, A 2-FOOT WIDE TORTILLA WITH 1128 00:30:33,632 --> 00:30:37,202 MOZZARELLA CHEESE, CARNET ASADA, 1129 00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:41,073 SALSA VERDE, AND CILANTRO. 1130 00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:43,375 >> THE SUNDAY FUNNEL CAKE FRIED 1131 00:30:43,442 --> 00:30:46,578 STRAWBERRY ON CONSTABLE COVERED 1132 00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:47,679 IN CEREAL AND SERVED WITH 1133 00:30:47,746 --> 00:30:48,080 ICE CREAM. 1134 00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:51,216 >> WITH CHEESE SAUCE, BACON, 1135 00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:54,786 MUSHROOM, BEEF SHORT RIB SHORT RIBS 1136 00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:57,089 BRAISED IN RED WINE, FONTINA 1137 00:30:57,155 --> 00:30:57,322 CHEESE. 1138 00:30:57,389 --> 00:30:58,590 AND. 1139 00:30:58,657 --> 00:31:00,359 >> 2 POUNDS OF MEAT AND ONION 1140 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:01,593 AND EGG AND HOLY MOLY. 1141 00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:03,195 >> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING 1142 00:31:03,261 --> 00:31:06,598 TO EAT IT BUT I CHALLENGE YOU. 1143 00:31:06,665 --> 00:31:09,601 >> KRAFT MAC AND CHEESE HOTDOG. 1144 00:31:09,668 --> 00:31:10,936 >> MONSTER BURGER TOPPED WITH 1145 00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:12,604 ENTIRE VIENNA SAUSAGES. 1146 00:31:12,671 --> 00:31:16,108 >> NACHOS ON A STICK. 1147 00:31:16,174 --> 00:31:18,610 >> A COW MAINE MERINO. 1148 00:31:18,677 --> 00:31:20,612 >> A CHOUTEAU BALL. 1149 00:31:20,679 --> 00:31:21,246 PARIS, JALAPENO, CHEDDAR SAUSAGE 1150 00:31:21,313 --> 00:31:25,183 BITES, WITH SAUTEED PEPPERS AND 1151 00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:26,218 RICE. 1152 00:31:26,284 --> 00:31:27,319 IT TOPPED WITH CAJUN CREAM 1153 00:31:27,386 --> 00:31:27,619 SAUCE. 1154 00:31:27,686 --> 00:31:29,621 YOU CAN'T TELL ME IF YOU GOT 1155 00:31:29,688 --> 00:31:31,623 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO STAY IN 1156 00:31:31,690 --> 00:31:35,394 YOUR SEAT FOR NINE DAYS. 1157 00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:37,763 YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT TWO 1158 00:31:37,829 --> 00:31:38,397 INNINGS AND YOU'LL BE LIKE I'LL 1159 00:31:38,463 --> 00:31:41,633 SEE YOU IN A HOUR. 1160 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:42,067 >> John: MOVING ON. 1161 00:31:42,134 --> 00:31:42,734 BEFORE WE GO, A QUICK WORD ABOUT 1162 00:31:42,801 --> 00:31:43,001 BRANDING. 1163 00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:43,602 IN TRUMP'S SECOND TERM, HE'S 1164 00:31:43,668 --> 00:31:48,140 CONTINUED HIS LOVE OF SLAPPING 1165 00:31:48,206 --> 00:31:48,740 HIS NAME AND FACE ON THINGS. 1166 00:31:48,807 --> 00:31:49,374 JUST THIS WEEK, WE LEARNED HE'D 1167 00:31:49,441 --> 00:31:49,908 BE THE FIRST-EVER SITTING 1168 00:31:49,975 --> 00:31:51,143 PRESIDENT TO PUT HIS SIGNATURE 1169 00:31:51,209 --> 00:31:52,144 ON OUR CURRENCY -- MAKING IT 1170 00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:52,711 JUST THE LATEST THING HE'S 1171 00:31:52,778 --> 00:31:54,646 AWKWARDLY ADDED HIMSELF TO, FROM 1172 00:31:54,713 --> 00:31:59,651 THE "DONALD J. TRUMP UNITED 1173 00:31:59,718 --> 00:32:00,218 STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE," 1174 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:00,652 WHICH IS BOLD, TO 1175 00:32:00,719 --> 00:32:02,654 THE KENNEDY CENTER, WHICH IS NOW 1176 00:32:02,721 --> 00:32:04,156 CALLED "THE DONALD J. TRUMP AND 1177 00:32:04,222 --> 00:32:04,756 THE JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL 1178 00:32:04,823 --> 00:32:05,424 CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS," 1179 00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:06,158 TO THIS. 1180 00:32:06,224 --> 00:32:07,659 >> THE ANNUAL NATIONAL PARKS 1181 00:32:07,726 --> 00:32:09,161 PASS IS GETTING A NEW LOOK. 1182 00:32:09,227 --> 00:32:11,163 AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AMERICA THE 1183 00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:12,664 BEAUTIFUL CARD FEATURES A PHOTO 1184 00:32:12,731 --> 00:32:14,666 OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NEAR 1185 00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:16,668 AN IMAGE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1186 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:18,170 >> John: WELL, THAT'S NOT IDEAL! 1187 00:32:18,236 --> 00:32:19,671 YOU DON'T EXPECT A NATIONAL 1188 00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:22,174 PARKS PASS TO FEATURE "SPOOKY 1189 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:22,841 LIVE-ACTION STATLER AND WALDORF" 1190 00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:24,176 HERE. 1191 00:32:24,242 --> 00:32:25,177 AND LOOK, I GET WHAT THEY'RE 1192 00:32:25,243 --> 00:32:26,678 GOING FOR BY SHOWCASING 1193 00:32:26,745 --> 00:32:28,680 AMERICA'S FIRST AND FINAL 1194 00:32:28,747 --> 00:32:29,681 PRESIDENTS TOGETHER, BUT TRUMP 1195 00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:31,683 MAKING HIMSELF AND FAMED 1196 00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:33,185 CHERRY-TREE ENEMY GEORGE 1197 00:32:33,251 --> 00:32:34,186 WASHINGTON THE FACES OF OUR 1198 00:32:34,252 --> 00:32:34,786 NATIONAL PARKS IS WEIRD FOR A 1199 00:32:34,853 --> 00:32:36,188 NUMBER OF REASONS. 1200 00:32:36,254 --> 00:32:38,190 FIRST, TRUMP SEEMS TO HATE THEM 1201 00:32:38,256 --> 00:32:43,195 -- HE'S MADE STEEP CUTS TO THE 1202 00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:43,795 PARKS SERVICE, WHICH HAS NOW 1203 00:32:43,862 --> 00:32:44,329 LOST 24% OF ITS PERMANENT 1204 00:32:44,396 --> 00:32:44,629 EMPLOYEES. 1205 00:32:44,696 --> 00:32:45,197 BUT ALSO, THE PASSES HAVE 1206 00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:46,198 PREVIOUSLY FOCUSED ON THE 1207 00:32:46,264 --> 00:32:47,699 NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE PARKS, 1208 00:32:47,766 --> 00:32:49,701 LIKE THIS ONE, FEATURING AN 1209 00:32:49,768 --> 00:32:50,735 IMAGE OF A REDWOOD FOREST, THIS 1210 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:52,204 ONE, FEATURING A FROG WITH 1211 00:32:52,270 --> 00:32:54,706 BEDROOM EYES, AND THIS ONE, 1212 00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:55,373 FEATURING A ROSEATE SPOONBILL -- 1213 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,708 A BIRD THAT ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE A 1214 00:32:56,775 --> 00:32:58,210 REGULAR DUCK ATTENDING THE MET 1215 00:32:58,276 --> 00:32:59,211 GALA. 1216 00:32:59,277 --> 00:33:01,213 THE POINT IS, THE PARKS PASSES 1217 00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:03,215 WERE ABOUT THE PARKS. 1218 00:33:03,281 --> 00:33:04,216 AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LAWSUIT 1219 00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:06,718 RIGHT NOW ARGUING TRUMP'S FACE 1220 00:33:06,785 --> 00:33:08,220 CAN'T BE ON THERE, AS FEDERAL 1221 00:33:08,286 --> 00:33:09,221 LAW REQUIRES THE MAIN "AMERICA 1222 00:33:09,287 --> 00:33:10,222 THE BEAUTIFUL" PASS TO FEATURE 1223 00:33:10,288 --> 00:33:11,723 THE WINNING PHOTO OF THE 1224 00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:13,225 NATIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION'S 1225 00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:13,758 ANNUAL PUBLIC LANDS PHOTO 1226 00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:14,726 CONTEST. 1227 00:33:14,793 --> 00:33:16,728 THAT'S AN ARGUMENT SEEMINGLY 1228 00:33:16,795 --> 00:33:18,230 BACKED UP BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 1229 00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:20,232 LAST YEAR'S WINNER, WHICH SAYS 1230 00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:21,733 "THIS PHOTO BY AKSHAY JOSHI WILL 1231 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,735 BE FEATURED ON THE 2026 AMERICA 1232 00:33:23,802 --> 00:33:25,737 THE BEAUTIFUL ANNUAL PASS," AND 1233 00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:26,738 DOES NOT GO ON TO SAY "UNLESS, 1234 00:33:26,805 --> 00:33:28,240 THAT IS, THE PRESIDENT FEELS 1235 00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:29,741 LIKE REPLACING IT WITH A SHOT OF 1236 00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:30,408 HIM GETTING A PROSTATE EXAM FROM 1237 00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:36,748 GEORGE WASHINGTON." 1238 00:33:36,815 --> 00:33:37,382 NOW, THE WINNING PHOTO "IS" ON 1239 00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:37,949 THE MORE EXPENSIVE PASS FOR 1240 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:38,450 INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. 1241 00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:39,050 BUT THE CHEAPER ONE FOR U.S. 1242 00:33:39,117 --> 00:33:39,684 RESIDENTS NOW HAS TRUMP SLAPPED 1243 00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:42,754 ON IT. 1244 00:33:42,821 --> 00:33:43,755 AND WHILE THAT WINNING PHOTO'S 1245 00:33:43,822 --> 00:33:48,260 CLEARLY BETTER, IF YOU'LL PERMIT 1246 00:33:48,326 --> 00:33:49,261 A QUICK DIGRESSION HERE: IF YOU 1247 00:33:49,327 --> 00:33:49,895 LOOK AT THE RUNNERS-UP FROM LAST 1248 00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:50,529 YEAR'S CONTEST, I'D ARGUE THEY 1249 00:33:50,595 --> 00:33:51,263 BOTH GOT ROBBED. 1250 00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:53,265 BECAUSE SECOND PLACE WENT TO 1251 00:33:53,331 --> 00:33:54,266 THIS ICONIC "BIG BIRD BONKING 1252 00:33:54,332 --> 00:33:56,268 LITTLE BIRD." 1253 00:33:56,334 --> 00:33:59,771 AND THIRD PLACE WAS THIS 1254 00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:00,772 ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE: A BEAR 1255 00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:03,308 MOMENTS AFTER THE PHOTOGRAPHER 1256 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:03,909 SAID "NOW LET'S TAKE A SILLY 1257 00:34:03,975 --> 00:34:05,777 ONE." 1258 00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:06,778 BUT OBVIOUSLY, ANY OF THESE 1259 00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:08,780 THREE WOULD BE A BETTER CHOICE 1260 00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:09,781 FOR A PASS THAN THIS IMAGE THAT 1261 00:34:09,848 --> 00:34:11,283 LOOKS LIKE YOU ASKED AI, "WHAT 1262 00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:11,949 WOULD EBENEZER SCROOGE LOOK LIKE 1263 00:34:12,016 --> 00:34:14,286 TODAY?" 1264 00:34:14,351 --> 00:34:15,286 AND IT'S NOT JUST ME WHO THINKS 1265 00:34:15,353 --> 00:34:16,788 THAT -- PEOPLE BUYING THESE 1266 00:34:16,855 --> 00:34:17,789 PASSES HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN 1267 00:34:17,856 --> 00:34:19,291 UNPLEASANTLY SURPRISED, LIKE 1268 00:34:19,357 --> 00:34:20,292 THIS MOTORCYCLIST, WHO FILMED 1269 00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:24,295 HIMSELF BUYING A PASS AT A 1270 00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:24,929 ENTRANCE BOOTH, AND THEN SHOWED 1271 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:25,429 HIS REAL-TIME REACTION. 1272 00:34:25,496 --> 00:34:26,031 >> LAST YEAR WHEN I BOUGHT A 1273 00:34:26,097 --> 00:34:26,797 PARK PASS, IT WAS, LIKE, A COOL 1274 00:34:26,864 --> 00:34:27,399 PICTURE OF, LIKE, A LIZARD OR 1275 00:34:27,465 --> 00:34:28,800 SOMETHING ON IT. 1276 00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:31,803 SO, I BOUGHT THIS ONE, AND I'M 1277 00:34:31,870 --> 00:34:32,437 ALL LIKE, "OH, THIS IS GONNA BE 1278 00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:33,004 MY PARK PASS FOR THE YEAR. 1279 00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:33,672 I WONDER WHAT COOL PICTURE IS ON 1280 00:34:33,737 --> 00:34:35,306 IT. 1281 00:34:35,373 --> 00:34:37,309 AND IT'S FUCKING GEORGE 1282 00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:43,815 WASHINGTON AND A FUCKING LIZARD. 1283 00:34:43,882 --> 00:34:44,815 OH, MAN, YOU KNOW, NO -- NO LOVE 1284 00:34:44,882 --> 00:34:45,317 OR HATE TOWARDS ANYONE 1285 00:34:45,382 --> 00:34:45,984 SPECIFICALLY, BUT I JUST THOUGHT 1286 00:34:46,051 --> 00:34:49,321 THIS WAS FUNNY. 1287 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:50,822 LIKE, AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE 1288 00:34:50,889 --> 00:34:55,327 PREFERRED, LIKE, A COOL SCENIC 1289 00:34:55,393 --> 00:34:55,960 NATURE-ANIMAL OR SOMETHING, BUT 1290 00:34:56,027 --> 00:34:58,330 THIS IS FUNNY TOO. 1291 00:34:58,396 --> 00:34:59,331 >> John: EXCELLENT. 1292 00:34:59,397 --> 00:35:00,832 AND KUDOS TO THAT GUY FOR 1293 00:35:00,899 --> 00:35:01,833 ROLLING WITH WHAT HAD TO BE A 1294 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:02,334 DISAPPOINTMENT. 1295 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,836 YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A 1296 00:35:04,903 --> 00:35:05,437 COOL LIZARD ONLY TO GET TRUMP 1297 00:35:05,503 --> 00:35:06,338 INSTEAD? 1298 00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:07,839 THAT SUCKS IN ANY CONTEXT. 1299 00:35:07,906 --> 00:35:09,841 IF YOUR FRIEND SAID "HEY, COME 1300 00:35:09,908 --> 00:35:11,343 TO THE GARAGE, I TRAPPED A COOL 1301 00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:12,844 LIZARD UNDER A BUCKET," BUT IT 1302 00:35:12,911 --> 00:35:14,346 TURNED OUT TO BE DONALD TRUMP 1303 00:35:14,412 --> 00:35:17,349 INSTEAD? 1304 00:35:17,415 --> 00:35:18,350 OH, MAN! 1305 00:35:18,416 --> 00:35:20,352 OH, MAN! 1306 00:35:20,418 --> 00:35:21,353 I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 1307 00:35:21,419 --> 00:35:24,856 THAT LIZARD! 1308 00:35:24,923 --> 00:35:27,359 AND IT SEEMS THERE ARE PLENTY OF 1309 00:35:27,425 --> 00:35:30,862 PARK REGULARS ANNOYED AT HAVING 1310 00:35:30,929 --> 00:35:32,364 TO CARRY AROUND HIS FACE AROUND 1311 00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:33,365 IN THEIR POCKET. 1312 00:35:33,431 --> 00:35:34,032 SOME HAVE EVEN COME UP WITH WAYS 1313 00:35:34,099 --> 00:35:34,866 TO COVER IT UP, LIKE THIS WOMAN. 1314 00:35:34,933 --> 00:35:36,368 >> REALLY JUST WANT TO EMBRACE 1315 00:35:36,434 --> 00:35:38,370 WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY 1316 00:35:38,436 --> 00:35:40,372 EXPRESSING EVERYWHERE, THAT THEY 1317 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:41,873 WANT TO SEE NATURE ON THEIR 1318 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:42,874 NATIONAL PARKS PASS. 1319 00:35:42,941 --> 00:35:44,876 >> JENNY CREATED STICKERS OUT OF 1320 00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:45,877 SOME OF HER PAINTINGS. 1321 00:35:45,944 --> 00:35:46,878 >> THERE'S A GRIZZLY BEAR 1322 00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:47,879 SITTING HERE LOOKING AT DENALI. 1323 00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:49,381 >> THE STICKERS ARE THE 1324 00:35:49,447 --> 00:35:49,981 DIMENSIONS OF THE AMERICA THE 1325 00:35:50,048 --> 00:35:51,883 BEAUTIFUL PASS. 1326 00:35:51,950 --> 00:35:54,386 >> THE BACK HAS DIFFERENT 1327 00:35:54,452 --> 00:35:55,387 SEGMENTS THAT COME OFF, SO IT'S 1328 00:35:55,453 --> 00:35:56,021 BROKEN UP INTO SEGMENTS SO THEY 1329 00:35:56,087 --> 00:35:56,888 COULD LEAVE -- 1330 00:35:56,955 --> 00:35:59,391 >> AND THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE 1331 00:35:59,457 --> 00:36:01,393 PEELED OFF IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 1332 00:36:01,459 --> 00:36:02,394 >> SO THAT WHEN IT'S ADHERED TO 1333 00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:04,462 THE FRONT OF THE PASS, YOU COULD 1334 00:36:04,529 --> 00:36:04,996 FLIP THAT UP AND SHOW THE 1335 00:36:05,063 --> 00:36:07,899 DIAMOND UNDERNEATH. 1336 00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:08,433 >> John: YEAH, IT'S PRETTY 1337 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:08,900 CLEVER! 1338 00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:09,467 SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO GET 1339 00:36:09,534 --> 00:36:10,402 IMAGINATIVE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING 1340 00:36:10,468 --> 00:36:11,069 TO COVER SOMETHING UP OR MAKE IT 1341 00:36:11,136 --> 00:36:11,436 MORE PALATABLE. 1342 00:36:11,503 --> 00:36:14,906 FOR HER, IT WAS STICKERS. 1343 00:36:14,973 --> 00:36:16,408 AND FOR THE PRODUCERS OF "SNAKES 1344 00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:16,941 ON A PLANE," IT WAS HAVING 1345 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:17,909 SAMUEL L. JACKSON RETAKE HIS 1346 00:36:17,976 --> 00:36:18,543 LINES FOR A CLEAN VERSION LIKE 1347 00:36:18,610 --> 00:36:19,411 THIS. 1348 00:36:19,477 --> 00:36:20,912 >> I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE 1349 00:36:20,979 --> 00:36:22,914 MONKEY-FIGHTING SNAKES ON THIS 1350 00:36:22,981 --> 00:36:24,916 MONDAY-TO-FRIDAY PLANE. 1351 00:36:24,983 --> 00:36:25,517 >> John: YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY 1352 00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:27,919 MONKEY-FIGHTING SMART! 1353 00:36:27,986 --> 00:36:29,921 NOW, POSSIBLY IN RESPONSE TO 1354 00:36:29,988 --> 00:36:30,588 PEOPLE PUTTING STICKERS ON THEIR 1355 00:36:30,655 --> 00:36:32,924 PASSES LIKE THAT, THE DEPARTMENT 1356 00:36:32,991 --> 00:36:33,525 OF INTERIOR SUDDENLY UPDATED 1357 00:36:33,591 --> 00:36:35,427 THEIR RULES, EXPLICITLY FLAGGING 1358 00:36:35,493 --> 00:36:36,928 STICKERS AND OTHER COVERINGS AS 1359 00:36:36,995 --> 00:36:38,430 ALTERATIONS THAT COULD 1360 00:36:38,496 --> 00:36:39,931 INVALIDATE THE PASS. 1361 00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:41,433 THOUGH INTERESTINGLY, STICKERS 1362 00:36:41,499 --> 00:36:43,435 HAVE NEVER CAUSED AN ISSUE 1363 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:44,436 BEFORE, WITH ONE PARK WORKER 1364 00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:45,937 SAYING "I'VE PERSONALLY ACCEPTED 1365 00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:47,939 PASSES THAT PEOPLE PUT STICKERS 1366 00:36:48,006 --> 00:36:49,441 ON BECAUSE THEY JUST LIKE 1367 00:36:49,507 --> 00:36:50,075 STICKERS AND IT'S NEVER BEEN A 1368 00:36:50,141 --> 00:36:50,942 PROBLEM." 1369 00:36:51,009 --> 00:36:53,445 WHICH SEEMS FAIR. 1370 00:36:53,511 --> 00:36:54,946 OTHER DESIGNERS ARE NOW SELLING 1371 00:36:55,013 --> 00:36:56,948 NON-STICKER-BASED SOLUTIONS, 1372 00:36:57,015 --> 00:36:58,450 LIKE THIS SLEEVE THAT, WHAT DO 1373 00:36:58,516 --> 00:37:02,454 YOU KNOW, TURNS OUT TO FIT 1374 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:03,054 JUST PERFECTLY OVER THE CARD. 1375 00:37:03,121 --> 00:37:04,456 THESE SLEEVES ARE APPARENTLY 1376 00:37:04,522 --> 00:37:05,457 SELLING PRETTY WELL ON ETSY AND 1377 00:37:05,523 --> 00:37:06,458 GETTING REVIEWS LIKE "THIS IS 1378 00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:08,960 PERFECT TO OBSCURE THAT FACE I 1379 00:37:09,027 --> 00:37:10,462 DO NOT NEED TO SEE." 1380 00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:11,463 AND LOOK, THERE'S SOMETHING 1381 00:37:11,529 --> 00:37:12,063 INSPIRING ABOUT SEEING PEOPLE 1382 00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:12,964 FIND A WAY TO ENJOY THEIR 1383 00:37:13,031 --> 00:37:14,466 EXPERIENCE AT NATIONAL PARKS 1384 00:37:14,532 --> 00:37:15,467 WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT THE 1385 00:37:15,533 --> 00:37:16,067 GUY WHO'S ACTIVELY TRYING TO 1386 00:37:16,134 --> 00:37:17,969 RUIN THEM. 1387 00:37:18,036 --> 00:37:18,970 AND IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN 1388 00:37:19,037 --> 00:37:19,971 STILL BUY ANY OF THE THINGS I'VE 1389 00:37:20,038 --> 00:37:20,472 SHOWN YOU TONIGHT. 1390 00:37:20,538 --> 00:37:22,474 BUT IF, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU 1391 00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:23,975 WANT TO ADORN YOUR PASS EVEN 1392 00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:25,477 FURTHER, PERHAPS WE CAN HELP. 1393 00:37:25,543 --> 00:37:26,978 BECAUSE WE'VE DESIGNED SOME 1394 00:37:27,045 --> 00:37:27,979 STICKERS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FOR 1395 00:37:28,046 --> 00:37:30,482 FREE, THAT CAN COVER UP EITHER 1396 00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:31,049 TRUMP'S FACE, OR THE ENTIRE 1397 00:37:31,116 --> 00:37:31,483 IMAGE. 1398 00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:33,485 FIRST, WE CONTACTED THE 1399 00:37:33,551 --> 00:37:34,986 PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK THAT 1400 00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:36,988 EXCELLENT BEAR PHOTO, AND 1401 00:37:37,055 --> 00:37:37,989 THEY'VE VERY KINDLY LET US TURN 1402 00:37:38,056 --> 00:37:39,991 IT INTO A STICKER, WHICH 1403 00:37:40,058 --> 00:37:40,592 HONESTLY WORKS PRETTY WELL ON 1404 00:37:40,658 --> 00:37:44,496 THAT PASS. 1405 00:37:44,562 --> 00:37:45,997 NOW, IF YOU WANT TO RESPECT THIS 1406 00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:47,499 YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL THEME, BUT 1407 00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:48,500 WOULD LIKE A DIFFERENT PRESIDENT 1408 00:37:48,566 --> 00:37:50,502 TO DO THAT, WE'VE MADE STICKERS 1409 00:37:50,568 --> 00:37:52,003 OF ALL OUR WAX PRESIDENTS' FACES 1410 00:37:52,070 --> 00:37:52,604 -- AND I'VE GOTTA SAY, JIMMY 1411 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:54,506 CARTER'S IN PARTICULAR LOOKS 1412 00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:56,508 GREAT ON THERE. 1413 00:37:56,574 --> 00:37:58,009 IF YOU WANT SOME WILDLIFE, YOU 1414 00:37:58,076 --> 00:37:59,511 CAN PRINT OUT A STICKER OF 1415 00:37:59,577 --> 00:38:00,512 MR. NUTTERBUTTER, OR -- IF YOU, 1416 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:01,513 LIKE THAT MOTORCYCLIST, WOULD 1417 00:38:01,579 --> 00:38:02,514 PREFER A COOL LIZARD, WHY NOT 1418 00:38:02,580 --> 00:38:04,015 TRY A STICKER OF ONE OF OUR 1419 00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:05,016 EARLIEST MASCOTS, THE RUSSIAN 1420 00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:07,018 SPACE GECKO? 1421 00:38:07,085 --> 00:38:08,019 AGAIN, THEY EACH FIT PRETTY 1422 00:38:08,086 --> 00:38:10,021 NICELY ON THE PASS. 1423 00:38:10,088 --> 00:38:12,023 FINALLY, IF YOU'D PREFER A VISTA 1424 00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:13,024 TO COVER THE WHOLE IMAGE, HOW 1425 00:38:13,091 --> 00:38:14,025 ABOUT THIS ONE FROM WHEN WE SENT 1426 00:38:14,092 --> 00:38:16,027 OUR MASCOT MARSHMALLOW THE POLAR 1427 00:38:16,094 --> 00:38:18,530 BEAR WITH THE BROKEN PENIS TO 1428 00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:19,164 ALASKA TO BET ON AN ICE-MELTING 1429 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:20,031 CONTEST. 1430 00:38:20,098 --> 00:38:22,033 OR, OF COURSE, THIS GORGEOUS 1431 00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:24,035 RENDERING OF WHAT TWO WILD 1432 00:38:24,102 --> 00:38:26,037 ANIMALS GET UP TO WHEN YOU 1433 00:38:26,104 --> 00:38:28,039 SIMPLY ALLOW NATURE TO THRIVE? 1434 00:38:28,106 --> 00:38:33,545 I'D ARGUE IT'S THE PERFECT IMAGE 1435 00:38:33,611 --> 00:38:34,212 TO HOLD YOUR RIGHTS TO VISIT ALL 1436 00:38:34,279 --> 00:38:34,879 AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS FOR THE 1437 00:38:34,946 --> 00:38:35,246 NEXT 12 MONTHS. 1438 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,048 ALL THESE STICKERS TO COVER 1439 00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:44,122 TRUMP'S FACE ARE AVAILABLE FOR 1440 00:38:48,126 --> 00:38:48,693 YOU AT JOHN OLIVER GIVES TRUMP 1441 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:49,060 HEAD DOT COM. 1442 00:38:49,127 --> 00:38:49,494 ACTUALLY, HOLD ON. 1443 00:38:49,561 --> 00:38:50,028 I DON'T LOVE THE WAY THAT 1444 00:38:50,094 --> 00:38:50,261 SOUNDS. 1445 00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:50,728 IT FEELS WRONG TO ME. 1446 00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:52,063 BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING OUT 1447 00:38:52,130 --> 00:38:57,068 MULTIPLE HEADS. 1448 00:38:57,135 --> 00:38:58,570 SO IT SHOULD BE JOHN OLIVER 1449 00:38:58,636 --> 00:38:59,437 GIVES TRUMP HEADS DOT COM. 1450 00:38:59,504 --> 00:38:59,804 THAT'S BETTER. 1451 00:38:59,871 --> 00:39:00,471 THAT IS OUR SHOW, THANKS SO MUCH 1452 00:39:00,538 --> 00:39:00,805 FOR WATCHING. 1453 00:39:00,872 --> 00:39:01,472 WE'RE OFF FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 1454 00:39:01,539 --> 00:39:01,940 WEEKS, BACK APRIL 19. 1455 00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:07,579 GOOD NIGHT! 1456 00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:08,479 ♪ ♪