Last month, Trump said Orbán had his “complete and total support” in a video message to the Hungarian Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest.
On Sunday Orbán faces Péter Magyar, a former insider in the prime minister’s Fidesz party, who broke with him two years ago to found the centre-right Tisza party.
Tisza leads Fidesz by between 10% and 20% in most polls. Only the strongly pro-government Nézőpont agency puts Fidesz narrowly ahead.
I’m trying to imagine Mohammad bin Salman or Kim Ju Ae going on a “re-elect President Trump” tour of the US. I can’t imagine it would be received well by either party. Can’t imagine why JD thinks this is a good idea. Maybe I’m just not that good at imagining.
It wasn’t Vance, it was Orban. Orban’s been desperate for Trump’s attention and support because in his mind, Trump is doing the same thing he is in a much larger, more powerful country. He’s trying to show his base he has a strong ally abroad.
It’s ridiculous though. Orban’s campaign is all about opposing war (meaning Ukraine should capitulate) because it’s wrecking the economy. But his “ally” attacks Iran causing another crisis and sends his peon most Hungarians don’t even know or care about. I just really hope people don’t fall for this bullshit this time around.