Noem: "make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country"

Very little is opaque about the methods being used to corrupt democracy and implement authoritarianism. It’s been tried elsewhere and at other times.

Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

Audits in Utah, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, and Georgia found a few dozen possible noncitizen registrants out of millions—and virtually no voting. Trump’s claim that noncitizens are swinging elections is false, says Cato’s @stephen_richer. https://t.co/13ky0NqACJ pic.twitter.com/R4dzNG2UdL

— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) February 13, 2026

Viktor Orbán’s strongman style has long served as an inspiration for U.S. conservatives, who have looked at Hungary as a possible model for a right-wing America with less immigration, fewer regulations and the removal of democratic constraints they see as unwieldy or inconvenient.

Orbán has formed a close bond with Trump and has made multiple visits to the president’s Florida resort. This week, the prime minister praised Trump’s unilateral outreach to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. During one of last year’s U.S. presidential debates, Trump praised Orbán as “a strong man. He’s a tough person.”

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The European Parliament has declared Orban’s Hungary an “electoral autocracy.”

Upon returning to office with a Republican majority in Congress, Trump issued a blizzard of executive orders seeking to expand the power of the presidency and test the country’s system of checks and balances. He has continued to make changes to the government without consulting Congress.

The American Bar Association issued a statement warning that many of the Trump administration’s actions are “contrary to the rule of law.”

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While Trump does not control party elections in the same way Orbán does, he has put his stamp on the Republican Party, making loyalty to him its organizing principle. He has prioritized loyalty in nominations for top government jobs, including the leadership of the U.S. Justice Department, FBI and U.S. Defense Department.

Trump also is pushing to change civil service rules so he and his allies can remove federal employees who they see as not loyal to him and potentially replace them with ones who are.

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