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Royal-Yogurtcloset57 Apr 13, 2026 +367

Some good news were sorely needed this year. Way to go Hungary.

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xenoph Apr 13, 2026 +76

As a Hungarian, I’m honestly proud. When the moment came, people didn’t hesitate. They acted while it still mattered, not after the fact when it’s easy. This wasn’t just another local moment, it showed that even now, ordinary people can still influence the direction of the free world. And this time, we did.

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eatenbysquirrel Apr 13, 2026 +18

I am happy and proud of the Hungarian people. Im glad you gave the EU another chance and read/saw trough all the misinformation. I hope Russia and the US get the message and f*** off. Hungarian and Europeans will decide their own fate. And seemingly we want a strong and united Europe trough the EU and shared history. Is it perfect? No. But youv(Hungary), has shown we choose cooperation instead of going at it alone. Now go celebrate, you earned it.

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Hi-technik Apr 13, 2026 +6

Finally some good news for the world, that is being kept hostage by the Orange Menace and his unnecessary reckless war.

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iwilltalkaboutguns Apr 13, 2026 +1

I hope we can do the same here in the US in November. I think there are enough of us (and I'm a life long Republican) that want Trump neutered his remaining years in power...his remaining days as a lame duck if the Democrats can take the house and the Senate, is going to be the best punishment for someone like Trump.

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Under_the_Oak Apr 13, 2026 +40

It’s finally Victover

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oneseason2000 Apr 13, 2026 +10

Still probably works out great for him. It's no fun when your only excuse is to blame your buddy DJT.

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madmaxGMR Apr 13, 2026 +5

Fideez nutz Orban.

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Far-Maintenance-1947 Apr 13, 2026

The guy that will replace him is also another far right guy. But at least he's not as bad as Orban.

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helm Apr 13, 2026 +1

I wouldn't describe the Tisza platform as far-right. It's definitely not going to make Hungary a better place for LGBT-people in the short run, but their priorities are not that of a far-right party. The reason he can appear far right is because he chose not to fight Orban on those grounds. So far he looks center-right to me. For example, he's with the traditional center-right parties in the EU parliament.

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imjustsurfin Apr 13, 2026 +1

I agree that "far right" is a bit of a stretch, but make no mistake, he's "Right" enough so that immigrants, LGBTQ, and all people of colour, are not going to be popping champagne corks.

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wrobbii Apr 13, 2026 +152

He actually conceded. F****** hell, no "it's rigged and fixed" bs leading to insurrection. See America, even fascist old pricks can see the f****** writing on the wall. The disinformation network has failed and it will fail in the long run.

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wofo Apr 13, 2026 +66

I don't think it works as well in the face of overwhelming defeat

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krauQ_egnartS Apr 13, 2026 +23

which is the only way an election in November could possibly help the USA it'd have to be so overwhelmingly undeniable that not even FOX lies, ICE intimidation at polling places, and rampant fraud from compromised voting machines can convince people the Republicans retained the House

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SolidusDave Apr 13, 2026 +21

High voter turnout is important to keep the craziest in our society at bay. The majority of us are just normal people, that's why it's important to vote every time you can, even if you think it's just one vote (assuming you don't vote for lying extremist dipshits) "The National Election Office said the turnout by 6:30pm was more than 77 percent, a record number in any election in Hungary" US 2024’s rate was 64% (relatively high for the US, but a slight drop from 2020). 70s range is the normal for western Europe, but can go as high as 85+%. Of course, with multiple-party systems you still get some crazies in, but not at a ruling majority.

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Brapfamalam Apr 13, 2026 +9

This is why the Cambridge Analytica model was ingenious. They weren't recruited to instigate campaigns to convince people to vote for their clients. Their model was to convince people it wasn't worth voting, or to vote for the fringe candidate to split the vote. Specifically their first iteration of this was in the Carribbean by creating a fake grassroots viral online campaign called "do-so" convincing the youth to not vote and boycott the election for their client. The hypothesis was that young black left leaning youth could be conned into thinking the election was pointless and both sides as bad as each other - it worked Their template was used in 2024 for the online youth Gaza content and campus protests height on tiktok...which disappeared almost overnight after Trump won

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helm Apr 13, 2026 +1

100% this. Elections aren't won by the fanatical base alone - there are many groups, and most *cannot* easily be convinced that the sky is green or that fire is wet. What you do instead is to discourage certain groups from voting at all, if you cannot find a key issue to hook that group in [gas prices at the pump, immigration, inflation, subsidies are typical key issues]. What we already can see is that the new angle will be "you voted for Tisza, but it made no difference".

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DogtasticLife Apr 13, 2026 +1

High turnout won’t matter if they close down all the polling stations in blue counties, are the dems preparing for this?

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jjpamsterdam Apr 13, 2026 +5

I honestly didn't believe he'd just fold like that, without at least trying to claim foul play or invoke some type of incident to suspend some part of the electoral process. This is quite astonishing and really shows that Hungary probably has a better chance of becoming a country with a free and fair democracy than the United States.

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frddtwabrm04 Apr 13, 2026 +2

An f u to you know who... You didn't do enough! Now you know who, gets to hear he didn't concede and j6 all over again + he lost the election

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MissionTank3272 Apr 13, 2026 +1

Well, he lost by ALOT, unfortunately that will not happen in the US

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MilkFew2273 Apr 13, 2026 +1

Or Magyar is basically Medvedev and Hungary just swapped a mask

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dead97531 Apr 13, 2026 +47

Not just ousts but completely destroyed them. Tisza has more mandates than fidesz ever had, a lot more. Rock solid 2/3 supermajority.

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Interesting_Prune513 Apr 13, 2026 +1

no excuses from here on out, they can do what they want for 4 years, they better not betray the hope and faith we put in them!!

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seKer82 Apr 13, 2026 +139

As soon as he got the Trump approval it was the end of their chances.

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Sunnysidhe Apr 13, 2026 +1

It was Meeting JD Vance, usually they die after, Orban was lucky in that it was just his job that died!

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OneNormalBloke Apr 13, 2026 +112

Tramp and poo-tin are in mourning. Their 'flags' are at half-mast.

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FlowAffect Apr 13, 2026 +41

I don't think Trump can achieve more than half-mast either way. Nearly 80 years old and in pretty bad shape.

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RadicalOrganizer Apr 13, 2026 +23

Unless it's a small child

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PlanktonInitial7945 Apr 13, 2026 +2

You don't need a flag for that, sadly.

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Desperate-Hearing-55 Apr 13, 2026 +25

Thank you JD Vance and Trump. Every time they endorse someone LOSE! They are SUCKERS and LOSERS!

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Born2Rune Apr 13, 2026 +5

I hope this is the case. Here in UK, Farage and his goon squad have been slobbering all over that orange mushroom.

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meisobear Apr 13, 2026 +1

My eyes! My eyes!

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Born2Rune Apr 13, 2026 +1

Sorry, that was a bit much for this time in the morning. Maybe bleached ring would have been more appropriate?

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meisobear Apr 13, 2026 +1

My smouldering sockets! My smoulderng sockets!

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xBabepentel Apr 13, 2026 +16

The headline feels like something straight out of bizarre alternate history novel,Hard to believe this is real

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Agreeable_Crow789 Apr 13, 2026 +14

He is not going to have a nice future in Hungary

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AtheIstan Apr 13, 2026 +19

Probably retire in Russia like most fallen dictators

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Agreeable_Crow789 Apr 13, 2026 +3

I’d say the orange cow will join him, but he likely won’t make it

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cardew-vascular Apr 13, 2026 +2

He's going to pull a Yanukovych and hop on the next plane to Russia I'm sure.

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xDizzyPeach Apr 13, 2026 +36

Does anyone know if this results in an immediate policy shift or will it take months to see changes?

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dead97531 Apr 13, 2026 +24

There is a 1 month handover period, fidesz is a caretaker government until then.

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Flash_ina_pan Apr 13, 2026 +38

It will depend on if they get a super majority. The degree and speed of changes hinge on that

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BabyComingDec2024 Apr 13, 2026 +68

They did get a super majority!

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Flash_ina_pan Apr 13, 2026 +42

Best news I've heard all day, that should give them the ability to unfuck their constitution quite rapidly

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20past4am Apr 13, 2026 +5

Also be cautious though. He might get tempted to also be corrupted by this incredible mandate. Don't forget Peter Magyar was in Orbán's Fidesz for years before Tisza. And Tisza itself is conservative right-wing, but just pro-EU.

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WillMcNoob Apr 13, 2026 +3

Conservative in EU means centrist with some spice, you either get nothingburger ideology or complete whacks like AFD

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blankarage Apr 13, 2026 +7

Hungary ya all giving the world HOPE!

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Wonderful-Pause1048 Apr 13, 2026 +6

A two-thirds majority was achieved after the election—that’s pretty clear, isn’t it?

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Far-Maintenance-1947 Apr 13, 2026 +2

The new leader has basically the same right wing beliefs as Orban except he's pro-EU and pro-Ukraine.

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Crypt33x Apr 13, 2026 +1

For the vetoed money supposed to go to Ukraine, it could go really fast now, if we are lucky.

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ranbling011 Apr 13, 2026 +1

I think the earliest we see any real shifts in policy will in the fall. There's a month long handoved period and the Parliament does not hold session in July and August. The new legalisations will have to be drafted, introduced and everything, every Department will get new leaderships and probably many changes in the higher levels regarding beaurocrats

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Difficult_Camel_1119 Apr 13, 2026 +4

Handover is usually not directly after elections

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Prestigious-Fig-7143 Apr 13, 2026 +13

Depends. In australia, it is pretty immediate.

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philman132 Apr 13, 2026 +7

same in UK, the PM is usually sworn in the next day

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PlanktonInitial7945 Apr 13, 2026

Like the article says, even if they got a super-majority, many areas of the state, media, public administration and legal system were intentionally filled with Orbán loyalists during his mandate, so there could be some resistance to change.

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dead97531 Apr 13, 2026 +6

Tisza has 2/3 supermajority which means they can replace anybody anywhere on a whim. Basically unlimited power.

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PlanktonInitial7945 Apr 13, 2026 -4

The executive branch of government having the power to easily replace anybody in the media, public administration and legal branch "on a whim" would be a clear violation of the separation of powers and a very strong sign that Hungary isn't a democratic country - in fact, it's characteristic of totalitarian states. Do you have any proof to back up your claim?

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reethok Apr 13, 2026 +1

They have a two third majority of parliament. They could rewrite the constitution to say anything. Then trying to go fidesz 2.0 would go badly for them because not even fidesz could do that and they already have a built in "deep state", which acts as a balance of powet against tisza.

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Interesting_Prune513 Apr 13, 2026 +1

it will probably still take months

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PeteBuford Apr 13, 2026 +8

A harbinger of bad news for MAGA. They're next.

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GreyTigerFox Apr 13, 2026 +11

Good job for a change Hungary. Now don’t waste it.

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VersusYYC Apr 13, 2026 +6

It’s good to see them retake their country from Russian agents. Now they‘ll need to secure the country by disbanding the Russian networks, agents, and financing because Russia will always seek another Orbon figure to use as a puppet. When Putin dies, I hope it’s with the knowledge that his fascist empire is a failure.

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DrBorisGobshite Apr 13, 2026 +1

So Trump support for Polievre in Canada, Dutton in Australia and now Orban in Hungary have all ended in the same result, a resounding victory for the anti-Trump opposition. I can only hope this effect extends to Farage as well in a few years.

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New-Energy1413 Apr 13, 2026 +1

When did trump support Polievre?

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MrBathroom Apr 13, 2026 +13

I hope in Croatia we do the same against Plenković and HDZ, but considering the amount of ignorant people it ain't happening any time soon

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Cold-Establishment-7 Apr 13, 2026 +1

Ye but what's the alternative? They all seem utter garbage

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Sorqu Apr 13, 2026 +1

A little recap of the election: There are 106 voting districts in Hungary. Each district can vote on the local candidates wether independent or member of a party. The w***** gets a seat in the parlament. Tisza won 93 of these districts, the remaining 13 went to fidesz. The rest of the 93 seats are distributed based on the total votes each party gets. Thanks to gerrymandering fidesz almost got as many seats as Tisza, despite behind 15% (42 vs 45). The rest of the 6 seats went to Mi Hazánk, a far right party. 133 seats are needed for 2/3 supermajority, Tisza got 138, despite the blatant cheating attempts fidesz tried to do (threatening and buying votes, transfering voters to districts where they are needed more) The other two parties in this election (DK a left aligned party and MKKP a "joke" party) didn't even get into parliment, which is totally fine, they were only leeches. Each party eligible for election gets funds for their campaign. MKKP has to pay this money back, because they did not even reach 1%. This is in the ballpark of 2 million euros. The current election system favors big parties, small ones just drown in the sea of candidates. For this reason it was extremely important for smaller parties to not register or withdraw from election despite having chance to get into parliment. We had several parties and independent candidates do this in favor of Tisza. DK and MKKP was ridiculed and mocked to no end because they decided to still run despite this. While Tisza worked hard and did an amazing job to win this election, this victory would not have been possible without the countless individuals, investigative journalists, police officiers, soldiers, government employees, victims who came forward and shed light on fidesz' corrupt and criminal ways, turning away their voters from them. PS. Our minister of foreign affairs (who was sharing EU council meeting information with russia) is nowhere to be found, he might be on the run, lol.

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LegitimateClaim9660 Apr 13, 2026 +3

Next up American midterms

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thesubneo Apr 13, 2026 +1

Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki Lengyel, magyar – két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát works again!

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J4jem Apr 13, 2026 +4

What do you call the Midas touch, but instead of transmuting into gold everything turns into shit? It’s gotta be the Trump touch, right?

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Front-Anteater3776 Apr 13, 2026 +10

Mierdas touch

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carilessy Apr 13, 2026 +3

Kotmidas? Okay, it's the german term \~ Ah, doesn't work for english, I mean Shitmidas or Scatmidas doesn't really work.

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Ok_Poetry_2696 Apr 13, 2026 +8

Orban: Father! I see only darkness before me! Putin: No king rules forever my chubby old son

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shadeygrimm Apr 13, 2026

I understood that reference

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Lazyboi686 Apr 13, 2026 +3

We did it!

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Annual-Growth-4372 Apr 13, 2026 +2

🙌🏼🙏🏼

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Hroosky2 Apr 13, 2026 +2

Prison

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doomeddeath Apr 13, 2026 +2

I'm actually surprised they got fair elections

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Inevitable_Butthole Apr 13, 2026 +2

The world is healing!

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Cynical_Classicist Apr 13, 2026 +2

Some good news at last!

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WillemDaFo Apr 13, 2026 +2

Probable “super-majority” too, thanks to Orban’s efforts at gerrymandering.

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Bleakwind Apr 13, 2026 +2

I have a big smile on my face. Let’s hope Peter curtail the damage already done

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IIllIllIlllIIIl Apr 13, 2026 +2

The Vance-effect

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p0p0c4t3p3tl Apr 13, 2026 +2

Everything Trump touches, turns to shit

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imabotdontworry Apr 13, 2026 +1

ohh man, the whole country was a festival last night, 2/3 majority for Tisza, Orban is gone for good, private jets started to fly out of the country, soon a lot of them will be in jail

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FreelyFound Apr 13, 2026 +1

Great! How did Hungarians overcome the disinformation campaigns of Orban? What changed people’s minds? Other countries want to know …

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TheLaughingBread Apr 13, 2026 +1

Because the voters are smart and learn. Simple as that 😅

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TheoTheodor Apr 13, 2026 +1

I mean he was in power for 16 years, things have to change. But probably the ties to Russia, anti-Ukraine and constant EU vetoes became too much and got too real in the past few years. Then being so close to Trump and having JD Vance literally campaign for you must have sealed the deal (I can't even imagine having a US politician try to sway the elections in a European country being good, let alone a MAGA one).

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OurSponsor Apr 13, 2026 +3

I love that for him!

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kadylady14 Apr 13, 2026 +3

Anything the Trump Admin touches turns to shit.

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ExcellentHunter Apr 13, 2026 +2

Good, hopefully they can get a criminal case going.

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EconomyDoctor3287 Apr 13, 2026 +1

At what point will people deny meeting with JD Vance, the bringer of death?

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db2999 Apr 13, 2026 +1

What was the point of Vance visiting? Wouldn't that make things worse for Orban?

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Karpattata Apr 13, 2026 +1

Gives me hope that maybe we can do the same with Bibi in Israel. Good on Hungary.

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Tigereyesxx Apr 13, 2026 +1

God riddance Putins puppet..Lard arse..

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Consistent-Leek4986 Apr 13, 2026 +1

paying attention donnie? no, put the mirror down, stupid!

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Intaru Apr 13, 2026 +1

Farewell you odious toad.

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Blind_Warthog Apr 13, 2026 +1

Big if true

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Ok-Tennis-434 Apr 13, 2026

Modi when?

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vivekadithya12 Apr 13, 2026 +2

What's the issue with him tho? Y'all be saying bullshit. Modi is nowhere near Putin, Trump, Xi, Orban or Munir on the authoritarian scale because we're an actual democracy. 2024 election results was the best mandate we could've gotten - his party is not in the majority and he needs a coalition to run his government rn. In this term, they're considerably refrained compared to last.

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Gullible_Gur7064 Apr 13, 2026 +1

Who's the alternative ? Rahul ?

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Ok-Tennis-434 Apr 13, 2026 -2

Rahul, Stalin, Revanth, Pinarai and many others.

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Gullible_Gur7064 Apr 13, 2026 +2

Good luck getting that 200% reservation Not happening in this life though

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starvingbanker Apr 13, 2026 +1

Today is a good day. Ruszkik haza!

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solblurgh Apr 13, 2026 +1

16 years? That's rookie numbers /s

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jjpamsterdam Apr 13, 2026 +3

What's funny is that both Helmut Kohl and Angela Merkel managed to rule for 16 years without ever needing to underme democratic institutions. Think of these two eras of standstill what you will, but both of these leaders and their party were committed to the democratic process.

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According_Spot_4340 Apr 13, 2026

My question is how long before their is an assassination attempt or some sort of meddling.

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ParanMekhar Apr 13, 2026

Is this real?

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TheGOODSh-tCo Apr 13, 2026 -1

Idk if I believe he won’t stage a coup

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Hungarian opposition ousts Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power | Hungary

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