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(33,301 posts) Tue Apr 7, 2026, 02:06 AM 23 hrs ago

JD Vance due in Hungary to back Orban's re-election bid [View all]

Source: BBC

US Vice-President JD Vance is due in Hungary to back veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a key European ally of the Trump administration, in a tough parliamentary election.

Vance is expected to address an election rally with Orban in a football stadium in Budapest on Tuesday afternoon.

Last month, US President Donald Trump said Orban had his "complete and total support" in a video message to the Hungarian Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest.

The 12 April election is billed as Orban's toughest challenge in a political career going back almost 40 years.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv16lq2rp1o

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JD Vance due in Hungary to back Orban's re-election bid [View all] SouthBayDem 23 hrs ago OP

Good. With couch fucker's track record, maybe orban will croak. SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #1

The Canada Conservative Party fumbled a winnable election because of Trump's trade policy. SouthBayDem 23 hrs ago #2

Excellent! SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #4

pimping for dictators seems to be JD's thang Skittles 23 hrs ago #3

WORD mahina 9 hrs ago #24

Usha is so proud of her hubby. ... Bread and Circuses 22 hrs ago #5

Orban will use the Republican election system DFW 22 hrs ago #6

THIS IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL BaronChocula 22 hrs ago #7

Well good golly gee blue-wave 21 hrs ago #8

Dictators supporting dictators. 🤷‍♂️ Multichromatic 19 hrs ago #9

A completely unlikable weasel GenThePerservering 18 hrs ago #10

While he is there he might as well go to the Austrian Town that was Hitler's birthplace. Botany 17 hrs ago #11

JD Vance is the biggest couch-f'ing hypocrite on the planet mdbl 16 hrs ago #12

Hmmm lonely bird 16 hrs ago #13

JD showing up will probably cause Orban to lose kimbutgar 14 hrs ago #14

If Hungarians are paying any attention Mz Pip 13 hrs ago #15

One can only hope! blue-wave 9 hrs ago #20

My exact thoughts, right after mahina 9 hrs ago #23

So he's not here for the nuke. Jean-Luc 13 hrs ago #16

How about some paranoia fiction? PATRICK 10 hrs ago #17

Vance should not be campaigning for Orban LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #18

Well said!! blue-wave 9 hrs ago #19

Translation: Vance due in Hungary to get updated orders from PUTIN mahina 9 hrs ago #21

An election interference operation. miyazaki 9 hrs ago #22