This bodes well for the midterm state of the European union.
He claimed the 2020 election was stolen again yesterday.
EDIT: with as little judgement as I'm sincerely trying to have, I would strongly recommend reviewing your information diet and neurotypical predispositions to investigate why you might believe this. (E.g. I am predisposed to support an underdog, and need to gutcheck myself on that regularly)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/19/godwins-la...
> I’ve never said that just because you’re invoking the Nazis you’re losing the argument. If you’re going to compare somebody to Hitler or the Nazis or raise the specter of the Holocaust, be sure you’ve got your facts right. But there’s nothing categorically wrong with Biden’s — or anyone else’s — comparison of Trump calling people vermin or talking about blood poisoning to Hitler.
Trump went because House/Senate Republicans at the time hadn't yet done the 180 they have since; the support wasn't there. It has nothing to do with his faith in the democratic process.
But in the end he went. The system worked exactly like it was supposed to. There is room to challenge results, that keeps the system honest. When he lost the challenges, he willingly stepped down.
This is exactly how the system is designed to work.
I understand the visceral hatred of Trump, but I don't know why every conversation about him has to degrade the same way this one has, with people using emotional-manipulation like evoking Hitler.
Sure. Again, so did Hitler.
He went because the alternative was being dragged out by the FBI and Secret Service like a toddler having a tantrum.
> I don't know why every conversation about him has to degrade the same way this one has
Maybe if your self-described information diet included a little news and electoral coverage you wouldn't be so flat-footed by it.
Unfortunatlely, half democracies (ie representative) are open to abuse and give too much power to presidents or governments. Combined with populism, lobbying and corruption, it allows people like Orban to stay in power for a long time. Glad it's over.
For both: I prefer to see it all rather than to assume it will be fine. Oh, and we still have Fico to deal with. But at least Hungarians have chosen against Orban that in itself gives some hope. Those leaked phone calls that were made public in the last weeks were very damning, I always assumed that such stuff was going on but to have hard proof is on another level.
I wonder what they're going to do with the participants. And what Orban's plans are now that he's in the opposition. I would not count him out just yet, he's got Putin's backing and you can bet they'll work overtime to try to destabilize Magyar's government. The rot goes pretty deep and it will take a lot of work to undo all that damage.
JD Vance strikes again. I wonder how long it will take US politicians and assorted billionaires to realize that their 'endorsements' will backfire.
The 'vouch' option doesn't appear until/unless the post becomes [dead].
Hopefully the damage Orban caused to Hugarian institutions get reversed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GUoCvIMrgc
They must be really tired of winning by now.
What? 4$ gas until November Mr.President? Who doesn’t love paying 30% more for Gas out of their pocket for a war that is already won. Tremendous work Mr. President. A capital V victory.
You seem to want to drop that into conversations even though it is patent bullshit.
Thank you.
That is what happened in at least:
- the Netherlands (votes for Wilders)
- Sweden (votes for SD)
- Germany (votes for AfD)
- France (votes for whatever that party is called nowadays)
- the UK (votes for Brexit largely based around migration issues)
- Belgium (votes for Vlaams Blok)
- Italy (votes for Meloni)
- Austria (votes for FPÖ)
...and I can go on. In most countries in Europe voters have spoken out against what they consider to be excessive asylum-based migration from non-Western cultures without requirements regarding assimilation or integration but not much has happened politically until very recently when the EU parliament voted to increase deportation efforts [1]. It remains to be seen whether this law will have any measurable impact given the fact that the EU actively supports many NGOs which aim to achieve the opposite of what the law states.
[1] https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/26/eu-parliament-...
I'm not too bothered if Hungary is in the EU or not but I wasn't a fan of the pro Putin stuff.
> My Administration stands ready to use the full Economic Might of the United States to strengthen Hungary’s Economy, as we have done for our Great Allies in the past, if Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian People ever need it. We are excited to invest in the future Prosperity that will be generated by Orbán’s continued Leadership! President DONALD J. TRUMP
edit: OP's post originally complained that this was Soros's fault.