freedom ranks as significantly less free than america. why is the right so enamored with hungary? joining me now are ian bremer and ann marie slaughter, ceo of new america. ann marie, help us make sense of this aligned marriage as it were. well, you know, on the one hand, if we re talking about tucker carlson, it s a great way of getting publicity for him and his show for a week, but at the deeper level, there really is a connection between the current trump version of conservative ism and what you wrote about, iliberal democracy and his version. he s close to putin here and to
the last election. this election is about the core issues of israel s identity as a jewish democracy. what you re describing in terms of the proposal is part of what would seem like a disturbing trend, the kind of law you re describing, this is the kind of thing erdogan has tried to do in turkey, this is the thing viktor has tried temperature in hungary when he celebrated idea of not being a liberal democracy or but iliberal democracy. exactly. you wrote the book on that, fareed. it s extremely important. the global trend where you have majoritarian leaders in power, what they do in power they attack all the institutions that can affect their power, media, civil, and netanyahu is going down that in a textbook way. it s extremely dangerous. unfortunately our administration, the trump
you for being late an optimist s guide to thriving in the age of accelerations. tom, pleasure to have you on. great to be with you, fareed. you argued that this is not really just about differences in policy, attitudes even towards palestinians of the west bank, this is about the future of israel s democracy if benjamin netanyahu gets elected. explain what you mean. things intersecting here. one, netanyahu was basically charged with fraud and breach of trust by the attorney general, an attorney general he nominated. so that is a very serious charge. netanyahu could be going to jail. that s on one track. on the other track, israel had an election in april. before that election, a lot of israelis suspected that netanyahu, if he won, was going
israel s democracy is at stake here. and the threat we are talking about every bit the equal of the threat of iranian nuclear weapon. i think one shouldn t focus on barak. the question is whatever party he forms help catalyze the whole center left, particularly labor party, merits, a more left party, and maybe a new barak party. every center vote, align with blue and white to get every center vote, enough they can put together a coalition or even a national unity government where maybe part of likud breaks off, join part of the center left because they say we do not want to be a jewish banana republic. something so big is at stake in this election, fareed. this is about the core identity of israel as a jewish democracy. tom friedman, pleasure to have you on.
this debate about russia will continue. next on gps, the united states has been the world s largest proponent of liberal democracy, rights of things like free speech but is america on the path to turning into an iliberal democracy. we ll be back. was not a baby anymore. every subaru is built to earn your trust. because we know what you re trusting us with. subaru. kelley blue book s most trusted brand. and best overall brand. love. it s what makes a subaru, a subaru. (vo) nutritional needs.og s all in one. purina one. healthy energy, all in one.