Fascists supporting one of their own.
@georgetakei Those of us without a good picture of what Orban has done in Hungary can profit from a listen to today's On the Media mid-week podcast, in which Hungarian journalist Ivan Nagy, currently with Columbia Journalism Review, explains. Orban stands with Orban, not the Hungarian people, and Vance knows it. Vance wants to normalize Orban-style corruption where-ever he finds it. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/a-new-day-for-the-press-in-hungary
A New Day for the Press in Hungary? | On the Media | WNYC Studios

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has led Hungary for the past 16 years, the longest-serving leader in the European Union. He has systematically brought the institutions of Hungary under ce...

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@georgetakei I really hope Orban is removed from office. Just like Trump, he'll surely try all kinds of legal and illegal tricks to prevent this, but Hungary must return to a better path.
@georgetakei Taking directly after Putin. Probably getting some kind of favor.
@georgetakei I am going to the polls. And now I am going to the polls even angrier.
@imrehg @georgetakei Most Europeans outside of the far-right view the US with contempt at the moment, with most contempt going towards the current administration. Is it a good idea to send Vance? I hope it backfires spectacularly.
@georgetakei Interfering with Greenland, Venezuela, Cuba, Canada. I’m sure there are more…
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he was giving a speech about foreigners interfering with Hungary's elections—literally being a foreigner interfering in Hungary's elections 🤦‍♂️
@georgetakei Our VP working for Tucker Carlson's Dad who works for Orban

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Vance and Orban are both working for Vladimir Putin

@georgetakei Fascist jerk. He should stay in the US and help fix up the mess.
@georgetakei An endorsement from maga seems to do more harm than good lately. Go Kleptocrats Go!

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This is really f#%*ed up stuff.

@georgetakei keep that piece of shit on your side of the pond.
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It's all about building a European bridgehead.

@georgetakei I’ll say it again: Vance is a two-faced hypocritical dick. He needs Orban’s support when he thinks he can become president.

Vance can piss off and stay out of Europe. He has NO business here.

@georgetakei Realpolitic used to say that 'my enemy's enemy is my friend'. Now we have, 'my supposed friend's enemy is my friend, supposed friend can fuck off'.
@georgetakei Funny thing is he's accusing the EU of interfering in the election whilst blatantly interfering in the election himself.

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if this couch-fucker can't inspire the hungarians to depose orban, i don't know who can.

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The fossil fuel industry is determined to keep its shills in charge.
https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/07/putins-puppet-project-in-peril/

Orban is a Putin puppet, just like Trump is a fossil fuel industry puppet.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-07/hungary-to-agree-to-buy-oil-from-us-at-orban-vance-meeting

The fossil fuel industry is keen on keeping its captive consumers & corruption.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/31/viktor-orban-us-russian-support-hungary-iran-war-voters

Putin's Puppet Project in Peril - emptywheel

JD Vance took time out of Trump's Crusades against Iran to tamper in Hungary's election not just because Viktor Orbán is the ideological figurehead of the far right, but because Hungary serves as a key vehicle laundering Russian money to the broader far right.

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