| | :This doesn't make any sense either: "In repudiation of Trump's war on Iran, Trump-endorsed Viktor Orban's party lost". It still implies Orban is the [[warmonger]] and the [[corrupt]] [[EU]]-backed winners are the "peace" party. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 11:22, April 13, 2026 (EDT) | | :This doesn't make any sense either: "In repudiation of Trump's war on Iran, Trump-endorsed Viktor Orban's party lost". It still implies Orban is the [[warmonger]] and the [[corrupt]] [[EU]]-backed winners are the "peace" party. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 11:22, April 13, 2026 (EDT) |
| − | ::"Orbán had spent recent years tying much of [[Hungary]]’s [[geopolitical]] positioning to a close relationship with [[Donald Trump]]...That calculation steadily unraveled. Trump offered symbolic gestures but little material support as Hungary faced withheld [[European Union]] funds, pressure over legal reforms, and the closure of critical Russian linked energy routes. Rather than strengthening Orbán’s standing, the association increasingly became a liability as [[Washinton, D.C.|Washington’s]] wider policies toward [[Ukraine]], [[Iran]], and [[Europe]] grew more erratic and unpopular across the continent....The larger strategic consequence is the likely removal of one of the European Union’s most persistent internal dissenting centers, particularly on [[Ukraine aid|Ukraine financing]], [[economic sanctions|sanctions policy]], and [[migration]]. Hungary’s distinct model of economic nationalism and political exceptionalism, long tolerated but never accepted in Brussels, now faces a systematic rollback under a government with the parliamentary strength to accelerate structural change....A relationship once presented as a [[geopolitical]] [[asset]] turned into dead weight as [[Washinton, D.C.|Washington’s]] pursued priorities that often cut directly against Hungarian interests." [https://youtu.be/1nrn0TqXMU0] | + | ::"Orbán had spent recent years tying much of [[Hungary]]’s [[geopolitical]] positioning to a close relationship with [[Donald Trump]]...That calculation steadily unraveled. Trump offered symbolic gestures but little material support as Hungary faced withheld [[European Union]] funds, pressure over legal reforms, and the closure of critical Russian linked energy routes. Rather than strengthening Orbán’s standing, the association increasingly became a liability as [[Washington, D.C.|Washington’s]] wider policies toward [[Ukraine]], [[Iran]], and [[Europe]] grew more erratic and unpopular across the continent....The larger strategic consequence is the likely removal of one of the European Union’s most persistent internal dissenting centers, particularly on [[Ukraine aid|Ukraine financing]], [[economic sanctions|sanctions policy]], and [[migration]]. Hungary’s distinct model of economic nationalism and political exceptionalism, long tolerated but never accepted in Brussels, now faces a systematic rollback under a government with the parliamentary strength to accelerate structural change....A relationship once presented as a [[geopolitical]] [[asset]] turned into dead weight as [[Washington, D.C.|Washington’s]] pursued priorities that often cut directly against Hungarian interests." [https://youtu.be/1nrn0TqXMU0] |