<![CDATA["I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems.]]>"I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. Orban provides a template. Bloomburg published revelations that on a phone call last October, Orban reportedly told Putin 'I am in your service' - and compared himself to a mouse and Putin to a lion. Hungary’s current afflictions are the outcome of this path and these priorities."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat


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https://lucid.substack.com/p/orban-made-in-hungary-america-and

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/3ee71035-38f8-48b1-be77-c80ef2d08824/i-have-said-since-early-2025-that-trump-is-in-office-to-solve-putin-s-problems.RSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 12:41:42 GMTSun, 12 Apr 2026 14:51:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:04:54 GMT]]>@wdlindsy

Wow, that's the best news in months, years, in Europe, and probably the world.
The first light of real Hope for the future of Democracy. 🕯️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.top/users/RainbowFrog/statuses/116395415585914150https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.top/users/RainbowFrog/statuses/116395415585914150Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:04:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:55:01 GMT]]>@wdlindsy just keep sending to stump for fellow autocrats and we'll be fine.
Looks like they are also working on accelerating the move away from the globally. Wouldn't it be something, if achieved more for the environment and global democracy in a few short years than all the liberal elites could do in decades? 🤞🤞

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/RulesBuster/statuses/116394197107037499https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/RulesBuster/statuses/116394197107037499Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:55:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:42:57 GMT]]>@wdlindsy

defeated "despite backing", or because of....

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/uc/statuses/116394149666397990https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/uc/statuses/116394149666397990Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:42:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:28:25 GMT]]>"He was demonizing immigrants and dictating talking points to friendly media before Donald Trump came down the golden escalator. Trump desperately tried to keep Orbán in power, issuing multiple endorsements and dispatching his vice president, J. D. Vance, to campaign with the prime minister in Budapest last week."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394092527088545https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394092527088545Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:28:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:27:51 GMT]]>"Efforts by foreign governments to prop up Orbán gave his defeat implications that extend well beyond this small country of fewer than 10 million people. The prime minister has been a scourge to international institutions and a source of inspiration to far-right politicians throughout the West."

~ Isaac Stanley-Becker


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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/hungary-viktor-orban-magyar-election-autocrat/686777/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394090290163200https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394090290163200Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:27:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:26:49 GMT]]>@wdlindsy

So how long now before he completely loses it, and just declares 'Martial Law' or some such nonsense? Or do people think that his advisers have the ability to restrain him until he almost inevitably loses the mid-terms, and *then* declares a coup?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/bytebro/statuses/116394086208896265https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/bytebro/statuses/116394086208896265Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:26:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:22:21 GMT]]>"The Orbán loss is yet another example that the cloak of invincibility that Trump and his minions sought to wrap themselves in was as real as the emperor’s clothes in the fairy tales.

Trump has the opposite of the Midas touch."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394068612647904https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394068612647904Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:22:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:22:03 GMT]]>"What I feel more comfortable speculating on today is the message being received at the White House, where the string of defeats is mounting and the bravado of the early months of the administration has dissipated into spiraling crises and internal division."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394067436343717https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394067436343717Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:22:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:21:35 GMT]]>"The Hungarian vote was framed by the opposition as a decision over whether Hungary, a country with a long history shaped by its geography and position at the center of the continent’s cross-currents, would align with the West or the East. Orbán had often stood alone against the wishes of the rest of Europe. It is now clear which side of the Russia–EU divide his country’s people preferred."

~ Elliot Kirschner


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https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/good-riddance-mini-maga

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394065622252945https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394065622252945Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:21:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:20:21 GMT]]>"UK historian Ian Richardson: 'I suspect the populist right bubble is bursting the world over. Trump is a busted flush, Orban will likely be hammered tomorrow, Bolsonaro is incarcerated and Farage is looking more like a loser with each passing day. These guys only offer anger and hate, not solutions and progress.'”

~ Ron Filipkowski


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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weekend-in-politics-bulletin-7d4

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394060791351689https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116394060791351689Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:20:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:51:31 GMT]]>"The chant 'Europe, Europe, Europe' rising from the banks of the Danube, in front of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, where Péter Magyar is celebrating his electoral victory, is a cry that shakes the conscience of us all. It lifts our spirits, fills us with joy, and gives us hope that this era of sovereigntism and populism may soon be consigned to the past. Long live a united and democratic Europe!"


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https://www.threads.com/@europeandemocrats/post/DXC_pBPCCeQ/media

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116393947425138809https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116393947425138809Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:51:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:30:28 GMT]]>"Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime."

~ Anne Applebaum


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https://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mjd3xdg4oc2l

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116393628681910458https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116393628681910458Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:30:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:05:44 GMT]]>@wdlindsy I just saw the news! 🥳

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stranger.social/users/DaveRussell/statuses/116393531452984524https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stranger.social/users/DaveRussell/statuses/116393531452984524Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:05:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:03:03 GMT]]>@wdlindsy

OH
MY
GOD

The only thing left is to CLAIM the election was rigged

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/LaNaehForaday/statuses/116393520911601211https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/LaNaehForaday/statuses/116393520911601211Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:03:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:02:55 GMT]]>@wdlindsy I wonder if the loss is “..defeated despite..” or really ‘..defeated because..’! 🤔

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/leswarden/statuses/116393520357383295https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/leswarden/statuses/116393520357383295Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:02:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:02:53 GMT]]>I'm celebrating the news from Hungary with some soul-stirring Woody Guthrie: "All You Fascists Bound to Lose."


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcKwGS7OSQ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116393520219534755https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116393520219534755Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:02:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:00:29 GMT]]>"Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power. … In a brief speech, Orban says the election result is 'painful for us, but clear.'”

~ Jakub Krupa


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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/12/hungary-election-latest-results-viktor-orban-peter-magyar-fidesz-tisza-russia-europe-live-news-updates

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116393510774931222https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116393510774931222Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:00:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:43:27 GMT]]>@wdlindsy I couldn't have wished for a better result. Fuck all fascists.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Oyu_Fka/statuses/116393443812388490https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Oyu_Fka/statuses/116393443812388490Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:43:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:37:50 GMT]]>@wdlindsy Good! Hope his plane to Moscow is fueled and standing by! Good riddance to him! Hope we can do as well in November… 💪

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norcal.social/users/UweHalfHand/statuses/116393421707731825https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norcal.social/users/UweHalfHand/statuses/116393421707731825Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:37:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:33:48 GMT]]>@wdlindsy Gerrymandering of Orban was extreme. One of the “Districts” of Hungary was the business buildings in Budapest, where just 6 people are registered to vote ! (We await the evidence that Orban bribed them….).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IncHulk/statuses/116393405848208986https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IncHulk/statuses/116393405848208986Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:33:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:33:21 GMT]]>@wdlindsy Ha! So JD Vance’s clumsy intervention was yet another nail in the coffin?! It’s going to be fun watching Trump lying his way out of this kingsize SNAFU!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/alex_p_roe/statuses/116393404084494953https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/alex_p_roe/statuses/116393404084494953Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:33:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:32:09 GMT]]>@wdlindsy There remains hope where there is life...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/ManyRoads/statuses/116393399364040716https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/ManyRoads/statuses/116393399364040716Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:32:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:31:01 GMT]]>@wdlindsy hehehe, i think that's rather "aided by" than "despite"... 😅

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/ejner1/statuses/116393394919578038https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/ejner1/statuses/116393394919578038Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:31:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:28:14 GMT]]>@wdlindsy So Orban formally conceded. He is one bad hombre, but more of a man than Trump 👏

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/116393384006913259https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/116393384006913259Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:28:14 GMT