{"id":583422,"date":"2026-04-14T10:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/583422\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:25:14","slug":"vance-after-rallying-in-hungary-for-orban-says-he-wasnt-surprised-by-the-autocrats-defeat-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/583422\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance, after rallying in Hungary for Orb\u00e1n, says he wasn\u2019t surprised by the autocrat\u2019s defeat \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But the Hungarian election had been a major priority just days earlier. JD Vance had traveled to Budapest last week and while Trump didn\u2019t make the trip himself, he did call into the rally. And that eleventh hour campaign push came weeks after another visit by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in his remarks via telephone during Orb\u00e1n\u2019s rally aside Vance last week,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/04\/07\/trump-viktor-orban-vance-00861898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">credited the autocrat for his strict immigration policy<\/a>\u00a0in particular, stating that he \u201ckept your country strong, and he kept your country good, and you don\u2019t have problems with all of the problems that so many other countries have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his own immigration crackdown with an expanded and hyper-aggressive core of immigration agents deployed in dozens of American cities, Trump has modeled other aspects of his governance on Orb\u00e1n\u2019s own actions, be it vociferously attacking judges, bullying the media into greater submission or hollowing out the government by firing career civil servants.<\/p>\n<p>But in Hungary, voters revolted amid a heightened focus on Orb\u00e1n\u2019s endemic corruption during a period of economic stagnation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is quite the blow to the administration and MAGA ideology, because they thought of Orb\u00e1n as not just a great friend and ally in Europe, but also as the laboratory, someone who\u2019s been in charge for 16 years doing what they wanted to do,\u201d Norberg said. \u201cYou can see that in everything from Project 2025 and how they wanted to dismantle checks and balances according to a Hungarian script.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A political ally of Vance, the de facto 2028 GOP frontrunner who has long been a fan of Orb\u00e1n, said that the vice president \u201chas to be aware of the parallels\u201d between the circumstances that led to the dictator\u2019s ouster and an America where Trump\u2019s poll numbers have dropped in recent weeks as the Iran war has driven energy prices higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But the Hungarian election had been a major priority just days earlier. 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