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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,089 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:36 PM Yesterday

Trump vows to boost Hungary economy if Orban wins vote

US President Donald Trump made a late intervention in Hungary's bitter election campaign on Friday, as nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban battles for votes against a pro-European opponent leading him in polls.

Trump vowed to bring US "economic might" to Hungary if Orban's party secures a victory over his arch-rival Peter Magyar in Sunday's election.

The comments added late drama to the campaign finale that saw Orban and Magyar trade accusations of dirty dealing.

Orban, who has run Hungary for 16 years and is close to Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, faces an unprecedented challenge with opinion polls putting Magyar's conservative Tisza party well ahead.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-vows-boost-hungary-economy-222543196.html

Hungary and Argentina are two countries the GOP wants America to be more like.

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Trump vows to boost Hungary economy if Orban wins vote (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP
How many laws and rules does this break? yellow dahlia Yesterday #1
Do you have a calculator? efhmc Yesterday #2
Even If We Ignore That... ProfessorGAC Yesterday #3
Is this Shitler's,... magicarpet Yesterday #8
That Too! ProfessorGAC 23 hrs ago #14
Trump breaks 50 rules and laws before he even eats breakfast. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #13
Does anyone expect Orban to lose this election...? regnaD kciN Yesterday #4
Don't worry. Trump never pays up. He just makes empty promises. Midnight Writer Yesterday #5
Hungary is not our concern Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #7
but you have to admit Skittles 23 hrs ago #17
It would stop the global authoritarian march dead in its tracks. AloeVera 22 hrs ago #18
Why isn't this a top story on mainstream media? Why isn't Trump being asked why he supports authoritarians who do not Doodley Yesterday #6
Uh, excuse me. What about our economy? surfered Yesterday #9
I don't think Hungarians are going to be Boo1 23 hrs ago #10
He will destroy it like he is doing here. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #12
Why doesn't he boost the American economy? Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #11
He doesn't care and he wants to see this country's downfall fujiyamasan 13 hrs ago #19
Yes he is deliberately destroying the US. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #20
The Russian mafia would expect nothing less Emrys 23 hrs ago #15
So is that America third or America fourth? Renew Deal 23 hrs ago #16
LOL he's tanking ours and much of the world economy. Jbraybarten 10 hrs ago #21
He should try to boost the US economy. Autumn 10 hrs ago #22

ProfessorGAC

(76,905 posts)
3. Even If We Ignore That...
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:44 PM
Yesterday

...(I know, a tough ask) how would Trump help another country's economy when he's only shown an inability to sustain the 2 good economies he inherited?
It's not like he has a track record to be envied.

magicarpet

(18,680 posts)
8. Is this Shitler's,...
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:09 PM
Yesterday

... America First Policy in action ?

US taxpayer's dollars prop up the failed economy of Viktor Orban in Hungary ?

America Last,... we don't need no health-care. Medicare, food stamps for the impoverished, or child care, etc. etc. etc.

ProfessorGAC

(76,905 posts)
14. That Too!
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:45 PM
23 hrs ago

Inflation is worse now, energy costs are WAY up, job market is tanking, but he knows what a good economy is?

regnaD kciN

(27,664 posts)
4. Does anyone expect Orban to lose this election...?
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:46 PM
Yesterday

Note that I don’t ask whether he will get fewer votes than his opponent. That doesn’t matter. I’m talking about him being declared the winner tomorrow night. I reckon it a virtual certainty.

AloeVera

(4,300 posts)
18. It would stop the global authoritarian march dead in its tracks.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 09:24 PM
22 hrs ago

It's important for the world, as someone else put it. The black eye to Trump and Trumpism alone would benefit the U.S. - and the world

Doodley

(11,955 posts)
6. Why isn't this a top story on mainstream media? Why isn't Trump being asked why he supports authoritarians who do not
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:01 PM
Yesterday

share American values?

surfered

(13,660 posts)
9. Uh, excuse me. What about our economy?
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:10 PM
Yesterday

I don’t remember him running on Make Hungary Great Again.

Boo1

(386 posts)
10. I don't think Hungarians are going to be
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:15 PM
23 hrs ago

all that interested in bringing the Trump Economy to their land.

Irish_Dem

(81,630 posts)
20. Yes he is deliberately destroying the US.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:19 AM
13 hrs ago

Every single thing that made it great he must destroy.

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