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According to some surveys, 40 received the blessing of the election com­ ton than Trump: real democracy is what of as having a genuine popular mandate – per cent of Americans have lost trust in mission only demonstrated the extent to the populist says it is). Celebrating what he as Reagan, for instance, did – opportun­ their democratic institutions. which checks and balances have been weak­ called a moment of great intellectual trans­ ism may well make Republicans fall in line. But here is another peculiarity of popul­ ened in Orbán’s regime. The refer endum formation, Orbán announced that at last we Many will be happy to see taxes for the rich ist politicians. They don’t respect proced­ turned out to be invalid anyway: 98 per could now ‘return to reality’ and engage in cut and the banks deregulated, and will give ures; all they care about, or so they say, cent supported the government, but the ‘liberating straight talk’ as opposed to ‘pol­ Trump a pass on everything else (trade may is directly executing what they take to be quorum of 50 per cent participation wasn’t itical correctness’. be the only really difficult point of content­ the will of the real people. It is no accident met. Even though Orbán had been com­ Populists aren’t just fantasy politicians; ion). Trump can say that during the camp­ that Trump refused to announce in advance pletely in charge of the process (and had what they say and do can be in response to aign he broke plenty of rules that grandees whether he would recognise the election spent about $40 million on a media camp­ real grievances, and can have very real con­ decreed couldn’t be broken; and nothing result if Clinton won (70 per cent of Repub­ aign against Muslims to frighten citizens sequences. But it is important to appreciate succeeds like success. If individ ual Repub­ licans agreed that if she won, the election into turning up at the polls), and couldn’t that they aren’t just like other politicians, licans resist, Trump can always threaten must have been rigged). Of course, all pol­ claim that it was rigged by hostile elites, with a bit more rabble­rousing rhetoric to mobilise the ‘alt­right’ – and, more im­ iticians think they are right and that their afterwards he simply announced that, for thrown in. They define an alternative pol­ portant, the ‘real people’ who voted for opponents are wrong; one of the things the first time, ‘the people’ in Europe had itical reality in which their monopoly on him. that distinguishes populists is the idea that had a true opportunity to pronounce on the representation of the ‘real people’ is all In any case, Republicans are not the a loss at the ballot box can’t be their fault, the migrant issue. He effectively declar­ that matters: in Trump’s case, an alt­reality most credible defenders of the rules, con­ but must be caused by the elites scheming ed the 3.3 million citizens who had voted under the auspices of the alt­right. At best, stitutional and unwritten, about how far a behind the scenes. If the silent majority against the legitimate claims of asylum populists will waste years for their coun­ partisan can go in American politics. 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But it is Republicans who are respons­ to force multiculturalism onto European to undermine checks and balances (includ­ cently when Ted Cruz and his colleagues, ible; they have effectively disenfranchised nations. ing assaults on judges as enemies of the in the fight with Obama over the budget, minorities by, for instance, increasing vot­ Within the EU, Orbán is the pioneer of people when they rule against what real willingly took the risk of the US defaulting. er ID requirements. populism in power. Like Trump, he has need­ citizens want; and life being made ex treme­ The American constitution makes room for A recent extreme, though not exception­ ed mainstream supporters; Angela Merkel ly difficult for the media); and govern­ partisan conflict, but its premise is the al, instance clearly illustrates the populists’ and other Christian Democrats have been ment as a kind of reality TV show with desirability of co­operation within and be­ lack of respect for procedure. 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