American conservative/libertarian Richard Hanania on Trump, Vance, and Europe’s Wake-Up Call

Gunther Fehlinger Podcast · Jan 8, 2026 · 46m · transcript

Gunter Fehlinger (Vienna) interviews Richard Hanania, an American writer with a political science background who covers U.S. politics and geopolitics and has published books including The Origins of Woke. They discuss how Trump and the current GOP shifted toward populist nationalism, what that means for Europe and Ukraine, and why tariffs and “zero-sum” thinking are back. Hanania also explains the U.S. “woke/DEI” backlash, contrasts U.S. vs. European immigration debates, and critiques today’s influencer-driven media ecosystem.

00:03 – Intro, show growth, guest welcome

01:38 – Hanania…