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*[[Larry Johnson]]: "You know the war is going bad when, out of the blue, First Lady Melania Trump shows up in the Grand Foyer of the White House addressing rumors and delivers a carefully prepared statement challenging allegations linking her to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....Amanda Ungaro, an old friend of Melania’s, has done an interview with a Spanish news channel that will air this Sunday. Ungaro reportedly will spill some toxic beans about Melania and Donald’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein." [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/iran-negotiating-from-a-dominant]

*[[Larry Johnson]]: "You know the war is going bad when, out of the blue, First Lady Melania Trump shows up in the Grand Foyer of the White House addressing rumors and delivers a carefully prepared statement challenging allegations linking her to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....Amanda Ungaro, an old friend of Melania’s, has done an interview with a Spanish news channel that will air this Sunday. Ungaro reportedly will spill some toxic beans about Melania and Donald’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein." [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/iran-negotiating-from-a-dominant]

=="Landslide defeat of Trump-endorsed Viktor Orban in Hungary [1] in an apparent rejection of warmongering..."==

=="Landslide defeat of Trump-endorsed Viktor Orban in Hungary

 

 

'''[1] in an apparent rejection of warmongering..."'''

 

 

So [[Orban]] is the [[warmonger]], and his opponent is the [[peace]] candidate? Piggybacking the [[MAGA]] campaign against [[Hegseth]] doesn't belong here. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]} 19:08, April 12, 2026 (EDT)

So [[Orban]] is the [[warmonger]], and his opponent is the [[peace]] candidate? Piggybacking the [[MAGA]] campaign against [[Hegseth]] doesn't belong here. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]} 19:08, April 12, 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 [[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]

::"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]

:::I have seen online some blaming JD Vance for Orban defeat, think it's not correct. [[User:Telling|Telling]] ([[User talk:Telling|talk]]) 17:09, April 15, 2026 (EDT)

:::Unrelated to Iran war. Orban was still Putin's ally. PS.  I have seen online some blaming JD Vance for Orban defeat, think it's not correct. [[User:Telling|Telling]] ([[User talk:Telling|talk]]) 17:09, April 15, 2026 (EDT)

== CNN poll shows that JD Vance has become the most unpopular Vice President in the history of the United States ==

== CNN poll shows that JD Vance has become the most unpopular Vice President in the history of the United States ==