🧵 The Global Right's Campaign for Orbán
1/ U.S. VP JD Vance and former Canadian PM Stephen Harper are meddling in Hungary's elections. 🇭🇺
The goal? Prop up Viktor Orbán's 16-year grip on power through the IDU.
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7/ broader coalition:
This isn’t just about one election. analysts say a coalition is taking shape, with figures like vance and harper helping normalize an illiberal model on the global stage and selling it as a ready-made blueprint for western governance.
The endorsement comes as Orbán heads into the toughest election of his career 🗳️. Early April 2026 polls show his Fidesz party trailing the Tisza Party by 10 points 📉, as more Hungarians push for closer ties with the EU 🇪🇺.
5/ a “great ally”
Orbán has called Harper a “great ally.” Harper has drawn sharp criticism for lending legitimacy to Orbán’s “authoritarian” government, especially amid reports of media bias and gerrymandering in past elections.
Viktor Orbán in Talks about International Conservative Cooperation with IDU President
L-R: Stephen Harper and Viktor Orbán On Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Stephen Harper, former Prime Minister of Canada and President of the International Democratic Union (IDU), a center-right party group. During the meeting, the parties reviewed the possibilities for closer international cooperation between right-wing conservative parties. A key topic was the war in […]
4/ Stephen Harper & the IDU:
As chairman of the International Democracy Union (IDU), Stephen Harper has vowed to “strengthen ties” with Orbán’s Fidesz party. The IDU is a global alliance of right-leaning parties focused on helping member parties win elections. 🤝🌍🗳️
3/ Accusations of Interference:
Critics, including some within the EU, have accused Vance of interfering in Hungary’s domestic democratic process while simultaneously accusing the EU of the same. Vance has praised Orbán’s crackdown on universities as a "model" for the U.S. 🎓
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/jd-vance-eu-interference-hungary-election-viktor-orban
2/ JD Vance’s direct campaigning:
On april 7, 2026, u.s. vice president JD Vance visited Budapest to personally boost Orbán’s campaign, just days before the april 12 vote. Vance called Orbán a “fantastic man” and urged Hungarians to stand with him. 🇭🇺🗳️🤝
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv16lq2rp1o
Elite Model Management hosts the 1991 “Look of the Year” contest aboard a yacht. 🎭🛥️
The judges? Donald Trump, David Copperfield, and Gerald Marie.
The host? Elite's owner John Casablancas - accused of preying on underage models.
2026: All four now appear in Epstein files released by the DOJ. 📄⚖️
Watch them ogle teenage girls - hiding in plain sight. 👀
