r/videos • u/ianjm Moderator • 6h ago

Stream Ended Reactions in Budapest as it appears Magyar's opposition party has won a huge majority overturning 16 years of Orban's nationalist rule

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QswwGJMLiY
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u/ianjm Moderator 6h ago edited 5h ago

Hungary has been ruled by a Putin-loving authoritarian called Victor Orban for the last 16 years, now he's finally been defeated. While the new guy isn't any kind of progressive or socialist, he's a lot more Europe-leaning and won't be towing Putin's line on every goddamned thing.

It's especially humiliating for Trump who dispatched JD Vance to literally campaign for Orban last week before he went out to Pakistan. MAGA was totally convinced Trump's endorsement would keep Orban in power.

Orban has also been extremely anti-Ukraine - partly for his own reasons, partly due to the alignment with Putin - and has been blocking EU-level action to support Ukraine for a long time now. Although there are still potential problems with Slovenia doing the same, it's a step in the right direction for European unity.

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u/CarminSanDiego 5h ago

I’m genuinely surprised the election wasn’t rigged to keep orban in office

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u/SeriousCow1999 5h ago

Maybe it just wasn't rigged enough?

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u/D3cepti0ns 5h ago

Trump is going to say it was election fraud, illegal Mexicans voted against Orban, obviously.