Trump sends his Special Gauleiter to Hungary…

[Renauda]

…. to support Putin’s puppet Viktor Orban and meddle in Hungary’s presidential election.

When the need arises , send in the Gimp Babyface:

Five days before Hungarians vote in elections that could bring down Viktor Orbán after 16 years in office, US Vice-President JD Vance has intervened in the campaign to give the Hungarian prime minister a ringing endorsement, while delivering another blistering attack on the EU..

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv16lq2rp1o

[taiwan_girl]

I was surprised to hear/read that earlier.

Not sure if it will be enough. At the moment, voters seem to have had enough of PM Orbán.

[Renauda]

Didn’t surprise me one bit. Right wing populist lightweights like Orban in Hungary and his neighbour, Fico, in Slovakia seem to mesmerize Trump or fulfill certain fantasies he holds regarding the aristocracy of old Europe.

[Renauda]

@taiwan_girl

Not sure if it will be enough. At the moment, voters seem to have had enough of PM Orbán.

Maybe not quite enough yet…

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/dont-count-orban-out-yet-hungarys-opposition-faces-an-uphill-battle-on-april-12/?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-94UJAwx1jgnFaa0Ka7EJjt_3Gjp0vNqBZu19xbTkOrZrE9j0DXbAa-yNTRIoRgQWhUOcQmbPEX6b5yigBCyidPQ5MevA&_hsmi=412665873&utm_content=412665873&utm_source=hs_email

[jon-nyc]

Orban’s polling dropped precipitously as Vance was there. And Magyar won with a parliamentary supermajority. heh.

[jon-nyc]

[Wim]

Thank you mr. Vance for being so helpful.

[kluurs]

[Renauda]

The masses gather in the streets to sing…

Ne sírj értem, Magyarország

To the tune Don’t Cry for me, Argentina

[taiwan_girl]

I thought this was quite funny. How can VP Vance not see the irony?

In speeches, Vance decried what he called “disgraceful” foreign interference in the election by the E.U., while declaring that he wanted to “help as much as I can possibly help” to get Orban reelected.