Francis Fukuyama on Robert Fico, Donald Trump and why he believes the populist tide may be turning.
I don’t think Europeans should start trusting the United States again, says Francis Fukuyama, one of the most influential public intellectuals of the past several decades. He sees growing hostility toward Europe within the Trump administration, whose leading figures increasingly view the continent as "a place of weak liberals unwilling to defend their own borders".
The nature of American conservatism has fundamentally changed, and being a conservative in today’s United States often means believing in various conspiracy theories, according to Fukuyama.
In an interview with the SME daily, he also discusses the fall of Viktor Orbán and explains why Péter Magyar’s success in replacing Hungary’s right-wing populist establishment may offer lessons for the United States.
He also explains why he believes Putin’s regime may ultimately collapse before Ukraine’s does.
