Omg. This is scary! Don't let Trump anywhere near the White House

@kimthibeau8354

14 күн бұрын

What you seem to forget as we remember his first term we didn’t have any wars our country which prosperous we didn’t have service men and women being blown up in Afghanistan China wasn’t threatening to invade Taiwan are bored it was under control or fentanyl crisis wasn’t killing tens of thousands of people everybody get a tax break things were pretty damn bad

@matthewjahnke6956

14 күн бұрын

Let me guess: You're kissing Biden's ass, right? Well get your head out of your own, and get into the real world.

@donaldsinden934

7 күн бұрын

Yes, lets keep the senile old fool in power, great idea.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities, has the power to make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire

@johnduggan1437

12 күн бұрын

Keep ur friends close & enemy's closer & know ur enemy ? Art of war > 😅😅😅

This is very creepy. I am so shocked about Americans being attracted to Authoritarianism. This is the antithesis of everything I thought America stood for.

@TheDogGeneral

13 күн бұрын

Poverty in economic stagnation will do that for you me and my fellow Democrats here in Buffalo New York have been saying this for years without serious economic progress and stability it's just going to make authoritarianism more appealing As Time rolls on because problems are not being solved with the Democratic process

@user-im7up4ct1j

12 күн бұрын

They dont even know this .. they see him come out of courtroom And that’s it! I guarantee you could ask them about Hungary and it would be a blank stare!! That is what is disturbing!

@user-te8px5dq9v

11 күн бұрын

​@TheDogGeneral You are starting to sound like one of THEM! YOU MUST TRY HARDER! WE MUST GET THE REPUBLICANS OUT OF OFFICE & MAKE THE RICH PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE! EVERY TIME THE REPUBLICANS GET A STRONGHOLD THEY WRECK THINGS & IT TAKES THAT MUCH LONGER TO TRY & REPAIR THE DAMAGE! LOOK WHAT 4 YEARS OF TRUMP DID TO US! THERE'S PEOPLE EMBEDDED IN GOVT. NOW WE MUST GET OUT & TURN THINGS BACK AROUND! VOTE BLUE ACROSS OUR BALLOTS & SAVE OUR COUNTRY!!! OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR VOTER RIGHTS, OUR FREEDOMS, EQUALITY, SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, THE EPA, THE USPS, THE SCOTUS, & SO MUCH MORE! WE CAN DO THIS! ⚖️🏛🗽🇺🇸🗳💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Shame on the traitors from the USA! If Hungary is so wonderful, move your families over there! How dare you!?!! 😠

@leo-db5do

9 күн бұрын

Fun fact, many do.

@donaldsinden934

7 күн бұрын

The real traitors are the Democrats, protecting the wealthy all under the guise of inclusion, and claiming to speak for middle America, when they in fact hate them,

I will not vote for a person that lies ALL the time!!!!!!!!! Period

@KyleAlbanese

14 күн бұрын

Then you are not voting for Biden. Great!

@ginaharris1652

14 күн бұрын

I agree Thank you for not voting for Biden Trump 2024​@@KyleAlbanese

@apt1smith51

14 күн бұрын

​@@KyleAlbanese name 1 lie Joe Biden told. I'll wait.

@jeffeastwood1051

14 күн бұрын

@@KyleAlbanese Well. Since you believe that. Tell us what Biden lies about and I will give you 100 Trump lies for any 1 lie you say Biden tells. There is actually website that kept track of lies Trump told. You're move.

@t.r.campbell6585

14 күн бұрын

So you are not voting for Joe Biden I understand. we all remember that his uncle was eaten by cannibals. At least that is what Joe told us.😊

The question is, how is this man allowed to freely come into the United States and promote his propaganda against the American people

@freebozkurt9277

10 күн бұрын

Because he is FOR the American people and against the Woke madness of the actual ruling elite.

Trump would have been friends with Adolf back in the 30's

@TrixiLovesYou

14 күн бұрын

He would have been best buddies with Henry Ford first.

@natenute8474

14 күн бұрын

as was about half of Americans at that time and 90% of businessmen, till Pearl Harbour forced them to change the directions (which they would not have done even with Pearl Harbour but PR was just too bad).

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

14 күн бұрын

​@@natenute8474Germany declared War on the US......FDR wasn't going to

@vinniediesel1369

14 күн бұрын

"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts." ~Voltaire

@Barricade379

14 күн бұрын

@@TrixiLovesYou Ford was a pacifist and eventually came under control of subordinates

Why is Hungary in the EU? This is why he has fooled his people. Let him trade with Russia.

@jeffeastwood1051

14 күн бұрын

Originally Hungry wasn't like this. Viktor Orban slowly mutilated the country since 2010 with right wing ideals. Fascism doesn't happen in an instant. Its a march and before the people know it, its too late. This is why Trump and the people around him are so dangerous. He is too stupid by himself to actually create a fascist state. The people like Steve Bannon, Steve Miller, and the Heritage Foundation are not however. They know exactly how to get it done and they almost achieved that goal on Jan 6th 2020.

@Truspio

14 күн бұрын

Because there is no reason it is not, all cnn's accusations against Hungary are lies.

@Joey-ct8bm

14 күн бұрын

China is one of Hungary's biggest trading partners.

@pricky6140

12 күн бұрын

@@Joey-ct8bm that's true

💥Alarm America 💥 Don the con playing POTUS needs to be called out regularly! #voteblue save our democracy

My grand father was from Hungry and left the country because of communism and dictatorship. Republicans would be very sorry to live in this adopted society.

@hilarymiseroy

14 күн бұрын

Orban grew up under communism. That's why he is so opposed to it. Budapest is lovely.

@christinegraham8311

14 күн бұрын

@@hilarymiseroy Orban is not opposed authoritarianism. He is an authoritarian.

@1223steffen

13 күн бұрын

@@hilarymiseroyno it isn’t

Let me be the first to say... Lock him up! No second term for dictator-want-to-be. He's on a roadmap to Guantanamo Bay.

@Doc_Holiday

14 күн бұрын

🤣😂🤣 Delusional Tool

@rifledepot6067

14 күн бұрын

But a 2nd for a kid sniffer?😊

@Doc_Holiday

14 күн бұрын

@@rifledepot6067 and country destroyer that took showers with his 10 yr old daughter

@rifledepot6067

14 күн бұрын

@@Doc_Holiday oh forgot that part that they all seem to be good with, all freaks!

@Doc_Holiday

14 күн бұрын

@rifledepot6067 imagine being fine with the showers and voting party over country despite the obvious disastrous consequences, sick freaks

I want Orban out of the European Union.

@JuliaBl

14 күн бұрын

So do I, he is a rat.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

14 күн бұрын

I firmly agree

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

14 күн бұрын

Ireland here and you?

@JuliaBl

14 күн бұрын

@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg the Netherlands too, at least part of it. We do have wilders, our own Putin-Orbán fan.

@Barricade379

14 күн бұрын

@@JuliaBl Really? I haven't heard him say anything about Putin or Orban. At least no praise

Let us hope we never come to that nightmare

@user-te8px5dq9v

11 күн бұрын

We are damned close already! VOTE BLUE ACROSS YOUR BALLOTS!!!! ⚖️🏛🗽🇺🇸🗳💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Hungary is a homogeneous white country the size of Indiana.... this guys tactics would never work here. America would be in even more chaos if this was tried.

@markcosenza3274

14 күн бұрын

The CDC has listed gun violence as one of the leading causes of death among black Americans.

@chutam1078

14 күн бұрын

America is already in chaos. Have you been in a coma or something 😂

@olivka7560

14 күн бұрын

Orban is not white, he is a gypsy and Hungarians are mixed, they are Huns, areas of aural mountains, it is the oldest nomad group that survived in Europe. It’s main capital is very diverse,but is the most beautiful capital in Europe and lots of people go there.

@dreamcoyote

14 күн бұрын

20 years ago I would have said you are definitely right. 10 years ago I would have said you are probably right. Now? Look at how favorably the GOP voters think of strong man autocracies. Hungary isn't in a simple position with economic concerns, NATO/EU on one side, and an obviously aggressive Putin on the other. He has worked that position to his advantage. Convince enough US voters that they are in a similar rock-and-hard place and it's *possible* those tactics would work here, among other possibilities. Say the GOP are crazy, as I think as well, but the election is still an open contest for their insanity to take hold.

@BobbyHickey

14 күн бұрын

Look around. It's chaotic

He’s not getting a second term

Traitors! We are the United States of America not Hungry!

@penelopesimpsonadams624

14 күн бұрын

If trump wins again Americans will be Hungry & Hungary.

@Chulitatr

14 күн бұрын

Viktor Orban appearing at the GOP CPAC is also done on behalf of Putin because he can't attend CPAC.

Signs of a sociopath • behavior conflicting with social norms, repeatedly pushes the envelope into uncharted territory. • disregarding or violating the rights of others, insubordinate to any form of authority. • unconcerned in distinguishing between right and wrong. • inability to show remorse, for they have none, void of empathy. • tendency to lie often, repeatedly, automatically. Behaves in a risky, impulsive, dangerous manner. • extremely manipulative, exploits others without any care of who gets hurt. • no conscience or guilt, refusal to accept responsibility for their actions, claiming ownership in the success of others.

@dm-heart

14 күн бұрын

Thx for this. Wow.

@Chulitatr

14 күн бұрын

Trumpty fits the description 100%.

I wish the Republican voters would look at the GDP of Hungary’s country

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

14 күн бұрын

Hungary is close to being ejected from the EU

@markcosenza3274

14 күн бұрын

No thousands of illegal invaders? Oh shucks!😂😂

@markcosenza3274

14 күн бұрын

​@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cgThe EU is a joke!😂😂

@chutam1078

14 күн бұрын

@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cgthat’s not necessarily a bad thing 😂

@danmarino711

14 күн бұрын

They are too stupid, just look at their orange criminal candidate they are supporting.

If America is scared, it frickin well should be.

SHAME ON YOU TRUMP

@TRUMP_IS_YOUR_NEXT_PRESIDENT

14 күн бұрын

*Ya, shame! for being the best president since Lincoln!!*

Donald J. Trump, the "J" stands for JAIL.

@chutam1078

14 күн бұрын

I’m not American so don’t understand why you hate Trump so much. Why do you want him in jail?

@vanessahumphrey-ghazi8342

14 күн бұрын

And "Jenius"

@TRUMP_IS_YOUR_NEXT_PRESIDENT

14 күн бұрын

*If that's new slang of "Oval Office", then, yes, that is quite correct...*

@bunyip7343

14 күн бұрын

@@chutam1078 You are the one that evoked the word "hate".... perhaps a bit strong. However there are plenty of other words that can be used to in conjunction with the name Donald J. Trump. Narcissist Untrustworthy Without morals Lier Thief Cheat Adulterer Wannabe Dictator Coward Joke Illiterate Dangerous Lazy There are plenty more, but I guess you get the picture. Should he be in jail... sure, if proven guilty in a court of law. Somehow he has managed to skate through life with little to no consequences for his actions. Money/Fame/Power seem to allow many in the US to avoid legal karma from catching up with you.

@rifledepot6067

14 күн бұрын

Agree but Biden literally sniffs kids😂

"We can't keep the media out of CPAC! The press has freedom! What can we do?" HUNGARY

Meh the what really matters is keeping Drumpf and his lunatic fringe out of White House whatever the cost. To save this country there is no other option. Drumpf and MAGA rhetoric and actions have made this abundantly clear. 💙🇺🇸

Shame on you Trump !!!

@TRUMP_IS_YOUR_NEXT_PRESIDENT

14 күн бұрын

*Ya, shame! for being the best president since Lincoln!*

@Yourdeadmeat69

14 күн бұрын

Sociopaths are missing the "shame" part of the brain.

Can you imagine the response from Republicans like Reagan, Lincoln or Teddy Roosevelt if they were around today to hear that the GOP’s goal is to “be more like Hungary,”? I used to be a Republican but after Trump’s first term I couldn’t kid myself into continuing the war on anyone outside the White-Male-Straight-Old-Rich cookie cutter, I just didn’t fit as an opinionated Indigenous woman who isn’t crazy about kids or being stuck in a kitchen.

I believe Mussolini was the first to use the phrase "Make America Great". Ironically, he was telling italian immigrants to do that.

@kickazz999

14 күн бұрын

Comrade Carlsonolli's people came to be free from oppression Tucker needs to stay in Italy with his politics

@Mr.barba97

14 күн бұрын

@@kickazz999 he would kill himself very quickly

Putin to Orban: "Hold my poop bag"

Trump needed dictator lessons .

How much foreign money was raised at the conference?

To quote former United States President Theodore Roosevelt: "No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right, not asked as a favor." "The judges who administer justice in our countries must be seen as ethical and subject to meaningful correction when it is necessary. Nothing less than the rule of law is at stake."

@chutam1078

14 күн бұрын

Prediction- Trump will lose the NY case and then win on appeal 😂

@vinniediesel1369

14 күн бұрын

@@chutam1078 chutam is a BOT that follows my comments. I keep her vely busy.

@vinniediesel1369

14 күн бұрын

@@chutam1078 chutam1078 is a BOT that follows my comments. I keep her vely busy.

Why Hungary? What's great about Hungary? Why not have the CPAC in North Korea?🙄

@storm2000808

14 күн бұрын

You mean Russia

@fairdinkum977

14 күн бұрын

@@storm2000808 Even Russia! You're right!😆

@alanhart2745

14 күн бұрын

They are next in line.

@Chulitatr

14 күн бұрын

Russia?

@storm2000808

14 күн бұрын

@@Chulitatr You need to pay attention to TFG and who he praises. He is not hiding his agenda if he takes presidency again.

There won't be a second term

5:12 THIS is the chilling moment: “non-controversial“ means he says that’s how it’s going to be and that’s that. He’s the boss. EXACTLY what T wants.

I am as anti woke as the next sane person, but Orban and Trump worry me when it comes to their democratic credentials

The weekend is almost here. Trump can flee to Russia or Saudi Arabia or Hungary and be done with all this court stuff.

@TRUMP_IS_YOUR_NEXT_PRESIDENT

14 күн бұрын

*Really, Trump's **_THIRD_** term, what with his having **_ACTUALLY_** won in 2020 and all...*

@LRCW1

14 күн бұрын

Trump is power hungry & wants to be the top dog. That would not go well. He would be dead in no time. Authoritarians don't like competition.

@Chulitatr

14 күн бұрын

Viktor Orban appearing at the GOP CPAC is also done on behalf of Putin because he can't attend CPAC.

@user-im7up4ct1j

12 күн бұрын

That would be great don’t come back!

I was in Poland 18 months ago, and two other times in the past 7 yrs! The so called American Conservative would not survive one day in the Poland of today, much less in the Poland of yesterday. Pack of foolish parrots!

America doesn't do Dictators period.

@danielgoring1328

13 күн бұрын

What do called 'dictator' like things did he do?............. hurting your feelings doesn't count

You know he hasn't won, right?

@Nubbe999

14 күн бұрын

Have you seen the opposition? Unfortunately two really bad candidates.

@ineedashave1

14 күн бұрын

@@Nubbe999 troll bot.

@penelopesimpsonadams624

14 күн бұрын

@@Nubbe999 Oh, yeah. One stands for Decency and Democracy and one stand for Authoritarianism and Facism. Which one is destructive to a representative democracy, Nub?

@ineedashave1

14 күн бұрын

Vonshitzenpants

@Nubbe999

14 күн бұрын

@@penelopesimpsonadams624 one is Authoritarian and the other does not even remember that he is the president of us. neither is any good

There will be no second term for Trump.🤣🤣🤣

No chance for 2nd term.

I’m watching the American experience turn into the worst possible outcome in real time, the loss of democracy. And most of them are just sitting around watching. 😢

Both America and Hungary have brought those two to power😢 Time to correct our mistakes.

Is it hypocrisy if selling pillows is like selling bible's

This is absolutely terrifying. OMG!!!

Sounds like Donny Duck is Hungry fir Turkey

@LRCW1

14 күн бұрын

Trumpty Dumpty is another good name for him.

First of all, Trump has to get a second term. CNN, you need to stop pushing that Trump has already one 2024 because he hasn't. Down with Trump and Authoritarism. Vote Blue and save our democracy.

@chutam1078

14 күн бұрын

Trump is leading in the polls and president Biden hired Stephen Spielberg to do what exactly 😂

@michaelhorath6851

12 күн бұрын

@@chutam1078 You can’t fix stupid, but you sure can sell them a red hat. And maybe some sneakers and a Bible.😁😆🤣😂

There won’t be a second rump

I’m Hungarian and I can assure you I or anyone I know from family friends loved ones or just the people I ever crossed path with are not acting or thinking remotely close to what our lawmakers foreign minister and especially the prime minister does or says. Please don’t believe that the hard working amazing Hungarians are all agree with the Hungarian government and leadership. We are friendly and open minded people. When people fled Germany during the late 70’s and 80’s look up please how we welcomed everyone the first day asking for asylum we gave them citizenship and residency place to stay and neighbors coming together bringing whatever we could share till families could stand on their own feet the first few months. I remember my grandparents teaching me cook large amounts of dinner and lunch and we brought it to our new neighbors who were forced to leave Germany to survive. And from many other countries during war time. Please don’t believe that Hungarians are this conservatives and bigoted. Our history and reputation, to Honor our heroes who fought and died for our freedom for hundreds of years on and off is close to a primary priority to us. For someone like Orban Victor winning elections this many times with as much majority he always does while loudly and proudly flexing the polar opposite dictatorship mentality is puzzling and makes no sense. But that’s just me trying questioning things to make sense out of it. Since Orban Victor changed a complete 180° and turned into this communist bigoted toxic mentality of only white only Christian’s only straight bs I’m embarrassed every time he is in the news. My grandparents did not survived horrible times and worked hard with integrity honesty and as power of examples for the young generation to come for this. This leadership of Hungary is one of the worst our country ever showed to the world about our beloved country.

Orban is one of the last real leaders in Europe. ❤🇭🇺

This is his authoritarian plan - follow the Orban playbook - great reporting

Your freedoms will be history if elect mad man trump think about it i will move to Canada if this happens!!!!!!!!

@EuroMaidanWasAnInsurrection

14 күн бұрын

So vote Green Party

@johnbrown6189

14 күн бұрын

If Trump gets in and the GOP gets established they will want to invade Canada so coming here will not help.

@chutam1078

14 күн бұрын

You mean freedom to be criminals with impunity? 😂

@nathanbeutler1059

11 күн бұрын

Good ! move!

Makes sense. They're both the demon spawn of Arthur Finkelstein & Company.

Viktor Orban appearing at the GOP CPAC is also done on behalf of Putin because he can't attend CPAC.

"...could shape his second term." Utterly irresponsible journalism, with a headline making it sound as though having this maniac occupy the White House again is a done deal. Do better, CNN. Sheesh.

Do people know what a dictator is? I think the American people need to have a few civic lessons before the election

@mosesnabea4308

14 күн бұрын

They are too stupid and ignorant to know that.

@douglemay7989

14 күн бұрын

A dictator is a person who would end elections by any means at his disposal. Any questions?

Bunch of traitors!

@LRCW1

14 күн бұрын

They (co-conspirators) need to be indicted & pay for their involement as well.

@Chulitatr

14 күн бұрын

Viktor Orban appearing at the GOP CPAC is also done on behalf of Putin because he can't attend CPAC.

Did Marjorie just call us muggles in Appalachian 🤨

DONALD JOHN TRUMP and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson voted 🗳 against the 2023 JOHN Lewis's Voting Rights Advancement Act Passage.

Two evil men trying it together

I started researching Orban the first time Trump mentioned his name. I had to see who Trump was aligning himself with. The fact that Trump wants to be Orban's mini-me, doesn't set well. The US does not need Orban's autocratic policies. We can't let this happen! I can't wrap my head around the fact that anyone would want to live their lives like that.

@LRCW1

14 күн бұрын

Trump fabricates & glorifies it so much to make it sound appealing & the uneducated buy into it hook line & sinker. No wonder Trump says he loves the uneducated.

They are both under Russia's payroll

At a conference center plastered with slogans like “Let’s drain the swamp,” Republican after Republican endorsed harsh immigration policies, crackdowns on LGBTQ rights, and a battle against “woke ideology.” The scene could have been any recent GOP event - except it was taking place roughly 4,000 miles away from the US at the Conservative Political Action Conference’s third annual gathering in Hungary. The visiting GOP dignitaries’ praise for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his authoritarian government showed how the small central European country has become an unlikely model for a potential Trump second term - despite what international observers have described as an alarming backsliding of democratic rights. The American right’s growing embrace of Orbán builds upon millions of dollars that his government has spent on lobbying in the US, and new connections between Hungarian and American conservative think tanks.

WTF is wrong with these people??

He won't have a second term.. stupid CNN.

From day one, it would be nice to me to know the names of the head of SS and the head of ministry of propaganda. Why would people be surprised when Trump is half German.

@penelopesimpsonadams624

14 күн бұрын

and full-on fascist.

You accidentally created one of the best advertisements for Orban

I’m a patriot-Down with king trump

Hey, America. You don't want Trump, and we don't want Orban. So *please*, make the right choice at the election.

@LRCW1

14 күн бұрын

We're trying. People are being warned. The question is will they heed the warning. Biden is not perfect, however despite his imperfections some people will not heed the warning because of a preconceived notion that the president should be perfect. Also a lot of people have short term memory issues & forgot how bad it was under Trump.

Wtf!!😮😮😮 This is dangerous

WHY ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT A SECOND TERM⁉️🤦🏼‍♀️🤮🤬

Vote blue 💙💙💙💙… no dictator

@Michael-gw8wh

14 күн бұрын

Joe Biden calls US allies India and Japan 'xenophobic' BBC 02MAY24

The Hungary economy has suffered from Orban’s policies.

Hungary has always been on the wrong side of history. WWI, WWII and now.

WHAT second term?!!!

@cliffordlesley7746

13 күн бұрын

Trump 2024. It's a foregone conclusion

@marijkegroothuis3814

13 күн бұрын

@@cliffordlesley7746 It must be so scary to have no control over one’s own brain! Luckily brainwashing CAN be reversed…

Trump has no friends or bros

Is this what America wants for its leadership?

CNN do better with your titles!

2cnd term of what? prison? what a stupid title for the video, as if!

wtf …mark meadows was there ?? What!!!!

@user-im7up4ct1j

12 күн бұрын

Video message

@lawrencef4356

12 күн бұрын

@@user-im7up4ct1j what???

I was in hungry last year and the people aren’t happy,

Hungary was one of the worst scofflaws to NATO from 2010-2022. They averaged about only 0.8%. of their GDP to military spending. Only in 2023 did they spend more than the stipulated 2%. That was only after great pressure from NATO allies about Hungary getting a free ride. So according to Trump the US should let Russia just roll into Hungary without any defense support. So hypocritic to make Orban some icon while disparaging NATO allies on the frontline. Does Orban agree with Trump that the US should just let Russian tanks roll in like in 1956?

This needs to be shared w/ the people that don’t see this election as our last election ever if trump is back in the White House. It feels creepy knowing senators and representatives are in Hungary praising an authoritarian government.

What 2nd term ? 😅😅😅

He won't have a second term. He will lose & he's going to prison.

@nathanbeutler1059

11 күн бұрын

You should get informed and listen to all the news

What second term? Chump has no second term. Not even close. 😂

White House Racism Africa Black Children Death Famine NO UNRWA Ship Food Truck Air Drops Hospitals Ambulance In 2023 an estimated 6.3 million children under five died, 2.9 million of them in the WHO African Region. This is equivalent to five children under 5 years of age dying every minute. Two thirds of these deaths can be attributed to preventable causes. A third of all these deaths are in the neonatal period. 0:47

Trump, who hosted the Hungarian leader at his Mar-a-Lago resort in March, sent a pre-recorded video message to the conference that echoed similar themes. The former president called Orbán “a great man” and hailed “so many patriots in Hungary who are proudly fighting on the frontlines of the battle to rescue Western civilization.” The bromance between the two leaders comes as some Trump allies are turning to the Orbán playbook as they plan for his potential return to the White House. In his own video message, Trump confidant Steve Bannon described Hungary as “an inspiration to the world” and called Orbán “one of my heroes in the world today, in addition to President Trump.” After Trump’s loss in 2020, “American conservatives started to look for what would be a successful conservative governing agenda,” said Gladden Pappin, a conservative political theorist who moved from Dallas to Budapest and now leads the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, a state-run research organization. “When American conservatives look to Hungary, they see a prime minister in a government that actually delivered on the slogans that they promised.” In his opening speech at the CPAC conference in Budapest last week, Orbán endorsed former President Donald Trump’s reelection bid and painted this year’s elections in the US and European Union in militaristic terms. Over his 14 years in power, Orbán has transformed Hungary into a laboratory for conservative policies and eroded democratic rights and civil society protections, according to his critics and European Union officials. Orbán has centralized power by dismissing judges, changing election rules to favor his party, cracking down on NGO’s and appointing loyalists to key institutions. His government built a fence along the country’s southern border amid a migrant crisis in 2015 and passed stricter immigration policies. It tightened its grip on state media, reducing space for dissent. The prime minister has also promoted a Christian nationalist view of Hungarian society, passing laws restricting transgender rights and adoption by same-sex couples, redefining marriage in the constitution to only cover unions between a man and a woman, and banning materials related to LGBTQ issues in schools. Those are policies that some Trump allies would love to see him adopt if he returns to the White House next year. (Trump himself has previously called same-sex marriage settled law.) Orbán’s policy platform “shows you what the recipe is for maintaining your national identity in a conservative way,” Pappin said in an interview. “Conservative politicians in America had this negative mindset toward government. They need to think about how to use government,” as Orbán has done. The rhetoric on display at CPAC Hungary - a branch of the decades-running political confab in the US - showed that the American right is increasingly onboard with that idea. Conservatives from around the US, Europe and beyond traveled to Budapest for the two-day event, which was organized by a Hungarian government-funded think tank. Three Republican members of Congress spoke at the conference, and prominent GOP figures including Bannon, Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, and Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent video messages that were played for attendees. More recently, pro-Orbán groups have also made connections that aren’t reported as foreign lobbying. According to documents obtained by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a Hungarian government-funded foundation has paid grants to American conservative writers and activists like Christopher Rufo, who inspired the right’s movement against “critical race theory” in schools. The collaborations include visits to Hungary by researchers from the pro-Trump groups to learn about its policies. István Kiss, the executive director of the Orbán-linked Danube Institute, told a Hungarian publication that the partnerships showed the interest that American conservatives had in his country and suggested that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ policies limiting the discussion of LGBTQ issues in schools was inspired by the Orbán government. In Budapest, critics of Orbán’s regime argued in interviews with CNN that Americans should see Hungary as a warning sign - not a model to emulate. Zsuzsanna Szelényi, who was once a member of Orbán’s political party but broke with him and now works at a pro-democracy group, said that the policies the prime minister is pushing have stripped away Hungarians’ fundamental rights. Orbán has pushed rhetoric about LGBTQ issues and migrants to avoid talking about “the problems with our hospitals, the problems of our social care services, the problems of the teachers, the problems of all of these essential institutions of the country, which are in a deep, deep trouble right now,” said Márton Gulyás, a left-leaning political commentator who runs a popular KZread channel. But some of the American conservatives who flew into the country for CPAC seemed more focused on the optics of Budapest than on democratic rights. Right-wing influencers strode the banks of the Danube and marveled at what Joey Mannarino, a conservative political strategist who attended the conference, described in a social media video as an apparent absence of homelessness and crime.

hahaha, excellent, you are already scared to lose power

TRUMP needs to learn that being a LEADER does NOT mean you’re the boss.

@nathanbeutler1059

11 күн бұрын

Right! You mean being a leader you’ve got to be milk, toast, like Biden, and poopy pants and a traitor that takes money from foreign countries?

What second term ?

Trump should just go live in Hungary

European must kick out Hungry from the European Union asap .

@nathanbeutler1059

11 күн бұрын

Yeah, hungry could be another state in the union!

Trump's not going to have a second term. We cannot let that happen.

I’d rather be “Woke” than a “Stroke” and all these reTrumplican’s are “Strokes”........... Go Blue..........

It won't shape a potential second term as much as his friendship with Putin though

Wonder if The SCOTUS is on Orbans payroll.

Traitor

They have friends in common

I look at countries ruled by the likes of trump, Orban, Putin, Kim, and Netanyahu and can't help wondering if we live in the Mirror Universe.

um Can we talk about the political and econmic state of the world right now?