I am encouraged by the defeat of Victor Orban in Hungary. I’m happy for the people of Hungary throwing off the yoke of fascism and having hope for the future, and for the people of Europe as a whole building a stronger alliance.
But I’m selfish. I’m also happy to see JD Vance flop hard; it was unbelievable to me that Republicans from America were campaigning for Orban. Vance was politicking for Orban just recently, as part of his personal campaign to appear ‘presidential,’ and many right-wingers have been on the Orban train for a long, long time. The Hungarian election was a harbinger of the American elections to come, and the message is clear: Vance is a loser. Republicans are losers. Trump is a loser. They should be nervous, because they’re all just waiting for the axe to fall.
Ah yes, Vance flying to Hungary and actively campaigning for Orbán while complaining about EU nations “interfering.” I know modern Republicans have very little capacity for self-awareness, but this was staggeringly hypocritical.
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beat me to it, so here is a link to back it up.
Vance says EU is meddling in Hungary’s election as he backs Orban in Budapest
(April 7, 2026)
@1 and 2 – From the beginning, Trump has been making up his own reality and, unfortunately, many Americans believed in that reality. Now his closest sycophants have taken to use the same techniques. It does seem like many people around the world (including Americans) are slowly realizing Trump’s reality is only good for Trump and screw everybody else. It depresses me it has taken this long for so many intelligent people to figure Trump out and respond appropriately. I guess people are finally tired of being steamrolled by his BS.
I often worry, waiting until the 2026 election (or worse the 2028 election) for the axe to fall will be too late.
Next do Belorussia’s Alexandr Lukashenko.
Don’t be too happy, Magyar won because he promised to fight the massive corruption that festered during the Orbán years. Policy wise he’s just as conservative, with the only meaningful difference being pro-european instead of pro-russian. While this is great news for Ukraine, expect the rights of immigrants and queer people to continue being trampled.
“The Hungarian election was a harbinger of the American elections to come”
Let’s hope your optimism isn’t misplaced.
@5 Dauphni French news had an interview with the leader of the Hungarian Socialists. They withdrew all their candidates to give Magyar a strait shot at victory. This was not a pro Magyar election this was an anti Oban election. If Hungarian politics resumes with normal political parties do not expect the the results of this election to be typical. The new long term policies of Hungary have not bern set by this election, old ones have been discarded.