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In Hungary's most consequential election in years, JD Vance did too little too late (kyivindependent.com)
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Since 2022, Orban's strategy has relied exclusively on using international alliances, specifically with the MAGA movement, to project domestic strength.

But as the domestic crisis deepens, this strategy is hitting a wall. Foreign policy, no matter how high-level, struggles to maintain the attention of a public worried about the collapse of the healthcare system and the rising cost of living.

Vance's visit also seemed like a piece of consolation.

Earlier in the campaign, government officials hinted that Donald Trump himself might travel to Hungary for CPAC at the end of March. Such a visit would have carried immense symbolic weight. Vance remains only a secondary figure in the eyes of the Hungarian public. Arriving in the final week of an intense campaign, his presence felt inappreciable.

The U.S. President himself could only muster a long, lazy post on his platform Truth Social, in which he called upon voters to cast their ballots for his "true friend, fighter, and winner" Orban.

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[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

He didn't do too little: he pushed Orban off the cliff.