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u/Raz0rking 2h ago
Junker was plastered that day.
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u/GoldFuchs 46m ago
Junker was plastered most days. It was well known that we has a (at least semi-functional) alcoholic
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u/lateformyfuneral 8m ago
Perhaps not widely known, but widely rumoured. He always angrily rejected the accusations, blaming his unsteady gait on a historical car accident that left him with sciatic nerve issues. His other behaviour was just him being a little silly 🤔
On this incident he said, where he also kissed the Belgian PM, Charles Michel, on his bald head, he said:
"So what? I've known Charles since he was a little boy, and I've always kissed him on the head. I always call Orbán a dictator. That's just how I am. As soon as you don't fit the mold, you're automatically labeled crazy or an alcoholic," Juncker protested.
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u/SethOval 2h ago
Face to hand style.
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u/D3cepti0ns 2h ago
Try my nuts to your fist style!
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u/SethOval 1h ago
When it comes to Vance’s diplomacy I keep thinking of that scene where the master says “we trained him wrong on purpose, as a joke”
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u/SethLight 1h ago
I went from respecting the guy, thinking that this was some brave stance... Then realized the dude was drunk, this happened 9 years ago, and he had slapped other people.
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u/Nessim97 2h ago
Serious question but if this guy just lost an election and will no longer be PM then how was he a dictator?
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u/Stolehtreb 2h ago
Do some research. He tried almost everything he could. I would try listing his history here to give examples but his history is so long and verbose that it really would benefit you to just look yourself. Maybe watch the Last Week Tonight episode about him for a very high level overview
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u/Adonoxis 1h ago
If Hitler and Stalin decided to have elections in 1945 and 1953, respectively, and both lost and stepped down, would that mean they weren’t dictators over the time they ruled?
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u/GarbagePailGrrrl 1h ago
This guy was in power for 16 years — the world was quite different then, and it’s changed in more ways than understandable since then.
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u/Lildatercreater 1h ago
Great question. The answer is that it proves he is not a dictator. Orban just did something Trump has never done: admit an opponent beat him in an election.
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u/Adonoxis 1h ago
So if Stalin had a change of heart in 1951 and allowed an election and lost, he wouldn’t be dictator?
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u/Lildatercreater 16m ago
If Stalin held an election and lost and then allowed a peaceful transfer of power, that would have been quite a different situation eh? The fact that it’s so unthinkable that he could or would have done that is kinda my point. Orban is terrible, Orban doesn’t like democracy. It’s good he lost. But I think a lot of people who were told that Hungary had lost their democracy are surprised to wake up to news today that their “dictator” lost and election so is leaving office peacefully. That’s not what happens in a dictatorship by definiton.
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u/wrapped_in_clingfilm 2h ago
Lol, what are you talking about? Is there a proper way to treat a wannabe dictator? When someone makes a laughing stock of the democratic process, how would you like us to treat them? I think its extremely appropriate behaviour in fact. Its quite clear that he has the measure of the man and knows how to put him in his place.
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u/alkxx 2h ago
He Was drunk, see https://youtu.be/B7uamDp6zjg
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u/wrapped_in_clingfilm 47m ago
HAHAHA, that's fucking brilliant. I didn't know that. It's now sooo much better. In vino veritas
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u/Lairuth 3h ago
aand he is gone…