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

On Sunday Orbán faces Péter Magyar, a former insider in the prime minister's Fidesz party, who broke with him two years ago to found the centre-right Tisza party.

Tisza leads Fidesz by between 10% and 20% in most polls. Only the strongly pro-government Nézőpont agency puts Fidesz narrowly ahead.

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[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 44 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

America first means stumping for fascist leaders halfway around the world apparently.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 8 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago)

So fuck Vance, but it seems to be perfectly consistent with America First?

For Trump "America First" means exploiting other countries. If Vance can get an exploitable government elected in Hungary, then why wouldn't it be good for "America First"?

It is a stated goal for Trump to break up the EU. To be able to force one-sided trade deals with weaker isolated countries instead. Victor Orban is the person doing most to sabotage the EU. Hence it is in "America First"'s interest for Orban to be reelected.