A Mess of Goulash: The Rise and Fall of Viktor Orbán

Trump’s far-right allies refuse to give up despite humiliating setback

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance suffered a major disappointment when, on April 12, far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was voted out of office after 16 years. Although Trump and Vance campaigned aggressively for Orbán — who they considered a valuable ally of the MAGA movement — he lost to Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar and the Tisza party by roughly 19 percent. In an op-ed published by The Guardian publishe…

"Viktor Orbán was a disease, for which we needed a vaccine, and now we have it"

According to liberal and EPP members of the European Parliament, Orbán has been Russia’s Trojan horse within the EU; they firmly believe that Tisza's victory will bring about the restoration of the rule of law in Hungary. We spoke with MEPs in Strasbourg.

A Mess of Goulash: The Rise and Fall of Viktor Orbán

Donald Trump famously promised Americans they would get tired of winning. For sixteen years, the nation of Hungary was run by a man named Urban Winner. On April 12, Hungarians voted that man, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, out of office. But while Hungarian voters may have tired of being winners, they do not seem to have tired of being Magyars. In Hungary’s 199-seat parliament, Péter Magyar’s Tisza party defeated Orbán’s Fidesz party by a margin o…

MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: One Congressman’s Viktor Orbán Mind Meld

“Should Viktor Orbán be offered asylum in the U.S.?” – Utah Senator Mike Lee By Marc C. Johnson Elements of the American far right felt a shudder down their weak spines recently. The Hungarian authoritarian, Viktor Orbán, got dumped by angry voters tired of his corruption and their country’s sputtering economy. It has been and remains a mystery to me why any American political leader would embrace this guy. That many have is a testament to how …