Viktor Orban's Hungary stands with China and Russia, not the US, writes TomRTweets.
NATO member state Hungary is a democracy. Though the heavily state-controlled or influenced media largely supports Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, independent media outlets do exist. And although he is controversial in the West, Orban's policies on immigration and LGBT issues find significant support from Hungarians. Orban won another supermajority in parliamentary elections last April, even though the opposition unified against him.
The key U.S. concern, then, should not center on whether Orban is sufficiently democratic but on whether he remains an American ally. The evidence suggests he is not.Of greatest concern is Orban's preference for supporting Russian and Chinese interests over those of the United States. The latest example came on Tuesday.
That Hungary would want to give these men a free pass from sanctions is odd. Except, that is, if one considers that Orban's government is trying to do Putin a favor. That suspicion is supported by other events since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last February. These include: But it's not just Russia where Orban's favor falls against U.S. interests. Even more alarming, considering the rising likelihood of a U.S.-China war, is Hungary's support for Xi Jinping's regime.
China has made massive investments in Hungary in recent years, also establishing $1.5 billion campuses of regime-affiliated universities on its soil. These are things Orban likes to play down in his cultivation of American conservatives at events such as the Conservative Political Action Conference. But even as China refuses to condemn Putin's invasion and even as Xi threatens war with Taiwan, Orban remains a happy choirboy for Beijing.
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