A fellow authoritarian is set to lose power. Don is trying to prevent it.

[pknopp]

Projection I see…that means you know you’ve lost…run along now…

Lost what? Supporting the rights of the people?

 

[Lockback]

Does being in favor of enhanced gun control, a position a majority of Americans hold, make them communists?

Yes or no?

Yes.
Absolutely.
The Democrats want a weakened, brainwashed, unarmed populace. It makes it so much easier to crush those with whom they disagree and want to destroy.
The current Democrat Party is a living, breathing justification for why the Founding Fathers established the 2nd Amendment to begin with.

 

[pknopp]

Yes.
Absolutely.
The Democrats want a weakened, brainwashed, unarmed populace. It makes it so much easier to crush those with whom they disagree and want to destroy.
The current Democrat Party is a living, breathing justification for why the Founding Fathers established the 2nd Amendment to begin with.

"You can't have guns, you just can't"

DT

 

[berg80]

Trump praises Hungary PM Viktor Orban after Vance calls him at Budapest rally​

President Donald Trump on Tuesday heaped praise on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after Vice President JD Vance called his boss from the stage of a political rally at a soccer stadium in Budapest.

“I love that Viktor, I’ll tell you, he’s a fantastic man, we’ve had a tremendous relationship,” Trump said as Vance held his phone’s speaker up to a microphone on the stage.

The efforts by Trump and Vance, who traveled to Hungary for the first time as a public official to boost Orbán’s candidacy, came as polls show the incumbent leader is set to lose his upcoming election.

Orbán, a conservative nationalist whose closeness with Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout the war in Ukraine has made him an outlier among European leaders, has long been a favorite of Trump.

“Remember this, he didn’t allow people to storm your country and invade your country, like other people have, and ruin their countries,” Trump told the Hungarian crowd via speakerphone. “He’s kept your country good. He’s kept Hungarian people in your country, and he’s done a fantastic job.”

Trump praises Hungary PM Viktor Orban after Vance calls him at Budapest rally

Vance said he was not there to tell Hungarians how to vote, but later told them to "go to the polls" and "stand with Viktor Orbán, because he stands for you."

www.cnbc.com

Ethnic purity is important to all authoritarian bigots. Nazis too.

 

[Hollie]

Trump affirms ‘total endorsement’ of Orbán ahead of Hungary election​

The Trump administration is doubling down on its endorsement of Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán in next month’s Hungarian elections, even as Orbán’s deal-blocking in Brussels has been labeled “unacceptable” by EU peers.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday reiterated his “complete and total endorsement” of Orbán in the Hungarian elections. And U.S. Vice President JD Vance is reportedly due to fly to Budapest in April in support of the prime minister.

The EU’s longest-serving leader, facing an election in less than a month that he is forecast to lose, has long been a thorn in the side of Brussels. In the latest stand-off against his European counterparts, Orbán held hostage a €90 billion loan to Ukraine this week over an oil dispute.

Trump affirms ‘total endorsement’ of Orbán ahead of Hungary election

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is reportedly due to visit Budapest in April in support of the Prime Minister Orbán.

www.politico.eu

AI Overview

Analyses from political observers, scholars, and news reports, particularly in early 2025 and 2026, suggest that Donald Trump has adopted strategies similar to those used by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to consolidate power and transform a democracy into an "illiberal state."

Observers identify several key areas where Trump has emulated the "Orban playbook" in his second term (starting January 2025):

• Judicial and Institutional Control: Similar to Orbán's 2010 overhaul of the Hungarian judiciary, Trump has aimed to reshape the U.S. judiciary and federal law enforcement. This includes appointing loyalists to key positions and using the Department of Justice to investigate political rivals.
• Media Control and Attacks: Orbán consolidated control over Hungarian media by fostering a loyal media apparatus, a tactic mirrored by Trump’s attacks on traditional media as "enemies of the people" and by fostering a pro-Trump media ecosystem.
• Targeting Universities and Civil Society: Following the Hungarian model, where the Central European University was forced out, the Trump administration has taken aim at American universities and academic freedom.
• Immigration and National Identity: Both leaders use nationalist rhetoric to demonize immigrants and outsiders to build popular support.
• Emergency Powers and Centralization: Trump has sought to use legalistic means and emergency powers to bypass checks and balances, similar to how Orban utilized "national consultations" and legislative changes to centralize power.

It is antithetical to our collective experience as Americans and all that our country stands for (or stood for until trumpery) to have a US president endorse an overtly authoritarian figure for office. The incongruity is as disorienting as the parallels between trump and Orban are obvious. But that doesn't make them easier to reckon with.

Just the other day trump invoked emergency powers to subvert congressional oversight in the sale of arms to countries in the ME.

Trump invokes emergency powers with $23 billion in Gulf arms sales as Iran war wages on: WSJ report​

Trump invokes emergency powers with $23 billion in Gulf arms sales as Iran war wages on: WSJ report

The U.S. approved roughly $23 billion in weapons sales to three Gulf nations, moving to bolster their defenses as the Middle East war continued to escalate.

www.cnbc.com

For some of the deals, the American government invoked the emergency clause of U.S. arms control law, a mechanism that allows the executive branch to proceed without the standard 30-day congressional review period, according to the report.

Like Orban, trump has sought to normalize anti-democratic actions and sideline Congress. Enabled by subservient R's who blocked the passage of two War Powers resolutions that would prevent Don from making unilateral decisions on the war he started with Iran. Just as his base has enabled him with their continuing support despite repeated lawlessness and violations of the Constitution.

It appears the people of Hungary have had enough. POLITICO Poll of Polls — Hungarian polls, trends and election news for Hungary

In the US, polls indicate the same. The question being, is the damage done too extensive to fully recover from?

Is there a law against Trump endorsing Orban or…. Is this about your cutting and pasting being another slobbering tirade?

 

[Hollie]

Trump praises Hungary PM Viktor Orban after Vance calls him at Budapest rally​

President Donald Trump on Tuesday heaped praise on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after Vice President JD Vance called his boss from the stage of a political rally at a soccer stadium in Budapest.

“I love that Viktor, I’ll tell you, he’s a fantastic man, we’ve had a tremendous relationship,” Trump said as Vance held his phone’s speaker up to a microphone on the stage.

The efforts by Trump and Vance, who traveled to Hungary for the first time as a public official to boost Orbán’s candidacy, came as polls show the incumbent leader is set to lose his upcoming election.

Orbán, a conservative nationalist whose closeness with Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout the war in Ukraine has made him an outlier among European leaders, has long been a favorite of Trump.

“Remember this, he didn’t allow people to storm your country and invade your country, like other people have, and ruin their countries,” Trump told the Hungarian crowd via speakerphone. “He’s kept your country good. He’s kept Hungarian people in your country, and he’s done a fantastic job.”

Trump praises Hungary PM Viktor Orban after Vance calls him at Budapest rally

Vance said he was not there to tell Hungarians how to vote, but later told them to "go to the polls" and "stand with Viktor Orbán, because he stands for you."

www.cnbc.com

Ethnic purity is important to all authoritarian bigots. Nazis too.

Uncontrolled immigration is an entitlement the rabid left assumes they can impose on others,

 

[Senior]

It seems the Hungarian people have had their fill of the autocrat Orban and Fidesz.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ousted after 'painful' election result, ending 16 years in power

Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger.

www.pbs.org

 

[Hollie]

It seems the Hungarian people have had their fill of the autocrat Orban and Fidesz.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ousted after 'painful' election result, ending 16 years in power

Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger.

www.pbs.org

Now they can share the joys of uncontrolled immigration from the world.

 

[berg80]

It seems the Hungarian people have had their fill of the autocrat Orban and Fidesz.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ousted after 'painful' election result, ending 16 years in power

Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger.

www.pbs.org

One less despot for trump to model himself after.