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DemoCat's avatar

In any other era in the past 50 years, Republicans would shit their pants if a former and wannabe American potus was slobbering all over autocrats and fascists. Now they are unconcerned with America, example of democracy and greatest free nation in the world. The only remaining concern is power. Power to avoid taxes and receive pardons. Nothing else.

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DemoCat's avatar

Hate to break the (obvious) news to Hungary’s PAB, but Hungary has gay people, liberals who dream of democracy and freedom, and a hatred of autocracy. They simply live in fear and with oppression. That’s Orban’s nation. He can crow about how Hungary has no issue with pesky libs, gays, Jews, or a free press. But his people are suffering, and eventually they will insist on democracy again.

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Johnny Appleseed's avatar

They need to be permanently put out of business(es).

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Secret Agent Super Dragon's avatar

It’s interesting that the MAGAts keep talking about how amazing Hungary is yet literally none of them want to leave the Godforsaken woke cesspool that is America to go there

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carovee's avatar

Put "controversial" on the miles long list of words Trump doesn't understand.

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Nemo's avatar

Hungary? Of course we're hungary. But that will all be fixed when PAB serves up the special chile made with greecy turkiye and shark finns along with gourmet franks.

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Major Is My Spirit Animal's avatar

If Orban gets what he wishes for he's gonna find Hungary under the thumb of Russia again and his ass in a gulag if he isn't defenestrated first. Tough guys always think they will come out on top, but the only thing they end up on top of is a pile of bodies.

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carovee's avatar

If he's a useful puppet, and there's no reason to think he's not, he'll do just fine.

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Bagels of Doom's avatar

that border fence is definitely there to keep the bad guys out. uh-huh!

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Rags's avatar

Orban announced that TFG will not give a penny to Ukraine

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68533351

TFG will no doubt obey his mentor.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

No mention of Trump pulling us out of NATO?

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LoCoJo's avatar

I wonder if anyone ever referred to Arthur Finkelstein as "That goddamn Finkelstein shit kid"?

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DemoCat's avatar

I love how confusing that scene is, with Chong evidently living with wealthy parents, and concerned about his healthy body by making a protein shake in a blender.

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Bagels of Doom's avatar

Finkelstein also helped Netanyahu and Reagan if my memory doesn't completely fail me. so, all around nice guy.

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BECKY's avatar

Aren't there laws (I know laws schmaws) about individuals meeting with leaders of other countries?

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

Private citizens aren’t supposed to interfere with US foreign policy. But there’s no law against giving a foreign leader a sloppy blow job.

See also: Lindbergh’s meeting with Hitler.

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Nemo's avatar

There are laws about furriners providing things of value to American political campaigns, especially those for federal office. Just sayin'

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Rags's avatar

Nope. Orban also too has diplomatic immunity

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Cleora's avatar

Have ya seen the campaign commercial Orban made for Trump while he was there?! 🤢🤮 Trump really oughta be careful. Sugar Daddy Vlad is gonna get jealous!!

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Wojciech's avatar

Poles and Hungarians were friends and allies for centuries. in fact, there was a famous Polish saying, "Pole and Hungarian, two brothers be." however, thanks to Orban, Hungary is now only slightly more popular than Poland's favorite punching bag country Russia and much less popular than Poland's second favorite punching bag country Germany.

good job, Orby!

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

“There’s nobody that’s better, smarter or a better leader than Viktor Orbán. He’s fantastic. He’s a non-controversial figure because he says, ‘This is the way it’s going to be,’ and that’s the end of it. Right? He’s the boss.”

Here's my idea for a Democratic ad this election. If any Dem strategists are reading this, feel free to use this. You don't even have to give me credit. Just show that quote and then say, "And Donald Trump is so dumb and clueless that he thinks that's a good thing. Someone should tell him we don't have a "boss" in America. We have a President who represents ALL the people, not just the ones who agree with him."

The thing is that PAB and his supporters call that "strength", but it's not. It's the exact opposite. It's knowing that your ideas are so unpopular that you can only implement them by force. I'm sorry, but that's not being strong, that's just being the one most willing to use force to get your way.

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BECKY's avatar

You're hired!

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

Thank you! I doubt that I'm smart enough to do this on a regular basis, but it kills me that Trump keeps saying this same kind of shit about various dictators and no one seems to push back and tell him he's an idiot.

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BECKY's avatar

I've always thought we have a good message but our delivery is awful, like people should inherently know that we stand for doing good for all people but they don't. We need an ass-kicking marketing team to get our message out and we really don't.

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Permanently Confused@68's avatar

And it has always been thus.

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mvario's avatar

Orbán? I guess it's Trump's replacement for the last autocrat, Bolsonaro, on his dance ticket. So it's only natural that he's invited to New Berchtesgaden.

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