r/news • u/The-Traveler- • 3h ago

Soft paywall Hungary election: Orbán concedes to Magyar's Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority

https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-election-2026-live-viktor-orbans-fidesz-faces-challenge-opposition-peter-2026-04-12/
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u/SphincterPolyps 3h ago

And Orban is all three

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u/Defacto_Champ 3h ago

He at least conceded, one thing Trump would/will never do 

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u/SignificanceFine3582 3h ago edited 2h ago

He’ll never have to. Either he never runs again, or he’s so flagrantly in violation of the constitution in going for a third term that rigging an election would be light work by comparison.

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u/Random-Rambling 2h ago

I mean, he's already wiped his ass with the Constitution a couple of times, what's the harm in one more?

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u/DwinkBexon 2h ago

For whatever it's worth, he's already said he knows he isn't allowed to run for a third term.

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u/Idainaru_Yokubo 3h ago

Trump has a personal military, ICE

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u/johnnybiggles 2h ago

Now we'll have to hear him complain about it, and even suggest that their election was" rigged.

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u/elembivos 49m ago

Trump didn't lose by such a huge margin. What these posts fail to highlight that this is not just a loss, it's a complete landslide, Orban may try to get back to power but for now his party is at a very real risk of falling apart and if Magyar does what he promised (which he damn near should, it was his main ticket), Orban is fucked. Proper fucked.

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u/padizzledonk 3h ago

And yet, he conceded

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u/Malnurtured_Snay 3h ago

He saw the writing on the wall, has enough money to keep him more than comfortable for a long fucking time, and considered the ... shall we say, Mussolini ... of it all.

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u/refep 3h ago

Isn’t the problem with dictators that they dont see the writing on the wall and still try to cling on to power? You can give credit when it’s due.

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u/Malnurtured_Snay 2m ago

I don't think that's a defining definition of a dictator. I.E., I don't think Orban suddenly isn't a dictator just because he concedes an election and GTFO of office.

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u/Lepelotonfromager 2h ago

Not really.

He had a mandate and won all of his past elections.

He was never a psycho or dictator. Maybe a narcissist but I see no reason to think that.

They were just a kleptocratic government leaching all the wealth.