Vice President JD Vance called President Trump by phone while campaigning for the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, who has a long history of fascist policies, notes Human Rights Research (below).
Vance, at a campaign rally with Orban, begins his speech by getting Trump on the phone. Trump says, "remember this — Viktor didn't allow people to storm your country and invade your country like other people have, and ruin your country frankly. He's kept your country good. He's… pic.twitter.com/iQLGHsXUHv
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Orbán made it more challenging for (his political party) Fidesz to lose elections using corruption; Fidesz won two-thirds of parliament seats in Hungary’s last two elections despite not winning a majority of votes.
He’s also made it difficult for citizens to dissent, using censorship and cracking down on protests. Election fraud, vote tampering, constitution rewriting, and seizing state resources are key components of this corruption.
Orbán also seized power over the courts, and issued a “state of emergency”, creating more leeway for him to quickly pass executive action.
Orbán has also gained power using false xenophobic narratives that cater to White supremacists, including the eugenicist Great Replacement Theory, stating that White people will be replaced by other races and must therefore reproduce in order to avoid replacement. Fidesz has also attacked journalists, and criticized (while taking control of) the media.
(Sources: Human Rights Research,